(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) — Margarita Aponte and her relatives cleared the road in front of her house with two oxen Sunday, then drove an hour from her devastated hometown in central Puerto Rico to the old telegraph building in the capital of San Juan. There, thousands of Puerto Ricans gathered for a chance at a resource nearly as precious as power and water in the wake of Hurricane Maria — communication. “It’s ringing, it’s ringing, it’s ringing!” Aponte, a janitor, screamed as her phone connected to free Wi-Fi and her Facetime call went through to the mainland. Her eyes filled with tears as she talked with nephews, uncles, brothers and sisters in Florida and Massachusetts for the first time since Maria destroyed nearly every cellphone and fiber optic connection on this U.S.

Topics:  san juan   margarita aponte   hurricane maria    it s    aponte   facetime   massachusetts    there s   god s   yesenia gomez   dozens   carlos ocasio   jersey    my   u.s    shirley rodriguez   new york s brooklyn   mildred rodriguez   hormigueros    i m    they re   ricardo castellanos   castellanos   sylvia calero   condado    zero   leaning   avalon clare   colorado    the   jenniffer gonzalez   congress    don t   cell   claro   gov ricardo rossello   spain s   persistence   wanda nieves   michigan    we ve   san   puerto   rico   i   juan   puerto ricans   maria   florida   wi-fi    the   republic   i m    rodriguez   rodriguez    castellanos   clare    we   loved   reach   free   towers   people   hotspots   area   phone   calls   spoke   worker   power   local   left   mother   road   central   brothers   town   unable   customers   connect   hour   drove   hours   sunday   generators   

 

Welcome to Wopular!

Welcome to Wopular

Wopular is an online newspaper rack, giving you a summary view of the top headlines from the top news sites.

Senh Duong (Founder)
Wopular, MWB, RottenTomatoes

Subscribe to Wopular's RSS Fan Wopular on Facebook Follow Wopular on Twitter Follow Wopular on Google Plus

MoviesWithButter : Our Sister Site

More News