In this world I would like to meet Don Imus, Sidney Poitier, President Bush, Doctor "J" Julius Erving, Ray Knight, Mookie Wilson, Mark William Calaway, and would like to see or hear from Gary Maccio, Brunilda Silva, Milagros Cedeno Galindez, Marilyn & Lourdes Rodriguez, Helene Esposito, The Mercado family of Pitkin Avenue, The Camachos of Pitkin Avenue, the Figueroas of Linwood Street, Rachel Castro of Avenue D, in NYC, Gilbert Graulau, the Torres family from Essex Street, the people that worked and lived near Kaye's Department store. The Velasquez's (found some), WalLy Ortiz, Angel Robles, Pete Santiago, Frank Gines, Pedro Cardona, Joey Madonado, there are so many... I would also like to talk to Pete Rose, Jose Canseco, Jose Reyes, and maybe the owners of the Mets Mr. Wilpon are you out there?; hey I'm not forgeting my family in Norway and my family from Calabria, Italy, last but not least all the Donato's left in Quebradaseca, Ceiba, Fajardo, Santurce, the Bronx, Maryland, Delaware, North Carolina, Connecticut. There are many others who I will not be able to meet in my lifespan. Such men as Abraham Lincoln, Roberto Clemente, Babe Ruth, Hector LaVoe, Harry Truman, John Glenn, Thomas A. Edison, Job from the Bible, John Howard Griffin (Black like Me), George Orwell (1984), a few others.
I have had the pleasure, honor and of meeting a few people in my Life also: Ralph Frease-(Photogragher, Art Director, Artist and friend)of the Bronx, Jackie Robinson, NYC Mayor John V. Lindsay, Councilman of Queens,NY-Al Stabile, Bobby Rodriguez, NY Senator-Charles Schumer,
Matt Bromme-Former Principal of JHS 210 in Queens, Superintendent of District 27 Queens.
Former NYC Chancellor-Rudy Crew,
City NY Councilman- James Sanders Jr.,
Mrs. Betty Wilson (tremendous community and parent leader in Queens,NY), US Congressman Joseph P. Addabbo, his son Joseph Jr. Rev. Nicky Cruz(Run, Nicky, Run) now I believe in California, Dave Wilkerson when he was in the Bronx (1960's), NYS Senator Rev. Ruben Diaz, Sr. of the Bronx, NYC Councilman, Former Queens Boro President Clare Shulman, many in the NYC Board of Education, Assemblyman Edward Griffith-Brooklyn, Herman Badillo of the Bronx,NY, Major R. Owens,Brooklyn,NY, Assemblyman Edolphus Towns of Brooklyn, NY, Shirley Chisholm of NYC, these are the ones that come to my mind now I know I met more because I MC'd a few political parties and involved myself in the Parent Associations of my children's schools.