Family of Latina Killed in Train Crash is Victimized by Hate Calls

June 25th, 2009

In an astonishing display of insensitivity, a number of callers paid their respects to the family of a victim in Monday's tragic WMATA train collision, not with condolences, but with hate.  Callers harassed the family of the late Ana Fernandez, mother of six, seizing onto her Hispanic surname and reports that she had emigrated from El Salvador as an excuse to intimidate her children and relatives.

According to wtop.com, the family of Fernandez received several threatening phone calls questioning her legal status and that of her children.  Ana's sister has said that Ana was here legally and that all of her children were born in the U.S.  

Our condolences go out to the family, and our outrage goes to those who made these calls.