Watched and Heard Thousands Perish Around Her - The Waving Woman - The Story of Edna Cintron

𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐮𝐩 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐯𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭. 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐄𝐝𝐧𝐚 𝐂𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞.

Today we remember one of the darkest days in our history. A day that nobody has truly gotten over. We remember the life of Edna Cintron, believed to be the woman who found herself in the middle of all the chaos, with her battle for survival shown across many videos and photos. My heart goes out to her family and loved ones. May the thousands who perished that day forever rest in peace. You are never forgotten.

A huge thank you to all who risked their lives capturing footage and taking photos as events unfolded. Thank you to all who took their time and dedicated themselves to researching those photos and videos. Your work gives us a better understanding of certain things.