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every now and then i fall apart

macrh 08 - dream of a better life

Jose Mauricio left El Savador with the dream of a better life-only to lose a leg to the train. Now he makes bracelets that sell for 90 cents apiece in Tapachuta, while waiting for an artificial limb.

Cynthia Gorney, Mexico's Other Border, National Geographic, February 2008.