On the way to Saudi Arabia, stroke changes his life
After his stroke, he recycled cans to earn money.
“I came here in 1976 from Trinidad. I was just passing through on my way to Saudi Arabia, where I was going to work for a company as an instrument fitter supervisor. Before I left, I wanted to raise money to buy clothes so I took on a construction job at Exxon.
“Then I got a stroke. It paralyzed my whole right side. That prevented me from going, which turned out to be a blessing. If I had gone to Saudi Arabia, I would have been a dead man. I would have had the stroke and nobody there would have understood my language, my thick accent.
“I think by God sending me here, it ended up saving my life.”
