75 Years After Deadly Plane Crash, Families Get Answers for 'Deportees'

75 Years After Deadly Plane Crash, Families Get Answers for 'Deportees'

This year marks the 75th anniversary of one of the worst plane crashes in California history. In 1948, 32 people died when a plane heading from Oakland to the Mexican border landed nose-first into a canyon near the Central Valley town of Coalinga. The passengers were 28 Mexican Braceros who were being deported from California to the border. While the bodies of the white pilot, flight attendants, and immigration agent on board were sent home to their loved ones, the deportees remained unnamed, buried in a mass grave in Fresno. Poet and author Tim Z Hernandez has spent more than a decade trying to piece together what happened in that devastating plane crash. Host Sasha Khokha joined him as he continues to connect with people touched by that 1948 crash. California’s changed a lot since that plane wreck back in 1948. But the challenges some immigrants face here can still be overwhelming. And when tragedy strikes, folks who are undocumented can be especially vulnerable. During heavy rainstorms earlier this winter, the streets in the Merced County town of Planada became rivers, hundreds of homes flooded. The whole town was evacuated. Now people in this rural, unincorporated community in the Central Valley are trying to put their lives back together. KQED’s Vanessa Rancaño visited Planada and brings us two stories of how residents are struggling to recover after the storm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Daytime Boogie Nights for the Senior Set, and Dispatch From a Salvadoran Deportee

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The Legend of the Lyft Rapper and the Curse of the Gold Rush Town

A Ride with a Rapper, The Curse of Bodie, From Ashes to Ashes, #MeToo Sparks A Former Abuser to Speak Up, A Town Called You Bet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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As we head into 2018, we feature stories from our 'Start the Conversation' series, about people bridging divides despite their differences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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