IVHAN LUIS CARPIO
BAUTISTA: Things Were Going So Well
Last
Tuesday was Ivhan Luis Carpio Bautista's day off at
Windows on the World. It was also his birthday. But with
an extended family back in Peru depending on his
paycheck, Mr. Carpio, 24, did not hesitate when a
co-worker called that Monday night asking if he would
cover a shift. "He worked all the overtime he could,"
said a cousin, Rita Tatiana Palacio. "Too many people
needed the money, including a niece whose school he paid
for."
In the two years since arriving
in New York speaking only Spanish, Mr. Carpio had made
enviable strides. His English was nearly fluent, he had
found the perfect job and last month had moved into his
own place, having previously shared an apartment with his
cousin in Queens. The day before the attack on the twin
towers, he learned that he had been accepted to John Jay
College of Criminal Justice. It was a day of triumph, as
he had been uncertain whether the school would accept
credits from his two-and-a-half years of law school in
Peru. "He was so excited, so happy," Ms. Palacio said. "I
remember him saying how he was so lucky, that everything
was going to be so good from now on."
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