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Loma Prieta Oral History of Elias Avila |
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by Loma Prieta Oral History Project |
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Additional Title: Caltrans Earthquake History of Elias |
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Avila |
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Series Title: Loma Prieta Oral History Project |
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Description: In the wake of the October 17, 1989 Loma |
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Prieta Earthquake, Caltrans commissioned an oral history |
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project to document the personal and professional |
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experiences of Caltrans employees who worked to restore |
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the State's damaged transportation system. |
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This recording is important because it captures the |
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personal memories of Elias (Eli) Avila after the Loma |
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Prieta Earthquake on October 17, 1989. At the time of the |
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earthquake he was Landscape Maintenance worker with |
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Caltrans at the Hercules Yard. This recording captures |
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what he was doing the time the earthquake hit, then after |
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the earthquake he went to the base station that was set |
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up at the San Leandro yard and went to assist with the |
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cleanup at the Cypress structure. Part of this oral |
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history includes descriptions of people being rescued |
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from the Cypress structure, some alive and some deceased. |
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Avila mentions how the upper management at the command |
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posts would argue and not cooperate, however the Caltrans |
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workers from other yards worked together well. Also, the |
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general public and Red Cross were extremely generous. He |
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had some guilt that he didn't assist enough with the |
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rescues of people who were trapped in the Cypress |
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structure. |
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Department of Transportation. Transmission or |
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Digitized by the California Audiovisual Preservation |
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Project (CAVPP)[1]. |
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References |
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1. californialightandsound |
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Date Published: 2016-08-11 20:19:52 |
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Identifier: casadt_000058 |
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Item Size: 115657897 |
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Language: eng |
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Media Type: audio |
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