EntrevistaIntercambio para ofrecer una perspectiva relevante, que ha sido revisada para mayor claridad, pero no del todo verificada.Nearly five decades after the collapse of a garage that claimed the life of the 12-year-old boy, his sister revisits the events and institutional failures surrounding the tragedyMay 26, 2026 - 2:57 PMFrom right to left, Puerto Rican Mario Oquendo, Jr., current district chief of the Hartford Fire Department; Edward Casares, the first Puerto Rican chief of the Fire Department; and Mayra Lozada Guzmán, older sister of Julio “Julito” César Lozada Guzmán, unveil the plaque dedicated to the boy at the city’s Public Safety Complex in 2013. They are joined by retired Fire Chief Carlos M. Huertas and former city mayor Pedro Segarra. (Suministradas)It was May 16, 1979.Popular en la Comunidad
Julio Lozada: The story of the Puerto Rican boy whose death transformed public safety in Hartford, Connecticut
Nearly five decades after the collapse of a garage that claimed the life of the 12-year-old boy, his sister revisits the events and institutional failures surrounding the tragedy
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