And though Mr. Lopez ran the marathon in 5 hours 40 minutes 51 seconds…he worked seven hours at the pizzeria after the race. No one could cover his shift on short notice. “That’s why I run fast,” he said with a laugh.
And that, my friends is the more accurate picture of immigrants in this country, no matter what the people who drone on about “real America” have to say.
New Yorkers From Mexico Escorted Miner in Marathon - NYTimes.com