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In 1998, three months after Hurricane Hugo tore through the island, Cantera resident José Ramírez received $3,000 from the Federal Emergency Management Administration. He spent the money on a new refrigerator and gas stove. He threw his older models into the not-so-deep end of the San José Estuary. The refrigerator is one of more than 100 inside the bay leaking freeon — the chemical that makes it cool.
Everyday in Puerto Rico, 2 million beeper messages travel from call centers to recipients. That is 3.5 messages a day per beeper. Per capita, Puerto Rico is behind New York and Los Angeles in beeper messages. One out of three Puerto Ricans have a beeper. Beepers were first introduced to Puerto Ricans in the late eighties. Before that, they were obtrusive boxes used mainly by doctors on call, and the only thing they did was beep.
Puerto Rico’s 15 minutes of fame are over. The public interest that blossomed two years ago with the fight to get the Navy out of Vieques, the breakout stardom of Ricky Martin, the public’s fascination with Jennifer López’s derier, Tito Trinidad’s unstoppable punching train and even a Miss Universe -- has come to a close. The World Trade Center bombing took the air out of the Vieques fight; Hopkins knocked out Trinidad; and Ricky Martin is missing in action.
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