Reposted by Molly
This is a powerful article. Infuriating how every time the trucker was trying to find empathy for Pierre and Haitians in general, his girlfriend and mom kept intervening with some racist logic or conspiracy.
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I’m real. I swear. Chicagoan living down under.
![It proved to be a bizarre affair due to poor organization and officiating.[2] The race was run during the hottest part of the day on dusty country roads with minimal water supply. While 32 athletes representing 7 nations (USA, France, Cuba, Greece, South Africa, Great Britain, and Canada) competed, only 14 managed to complete the race.[3] Although Frederick Lorz was greeted at the finish line as the apparent winner, he was later disqualified as he had hitched a ride in a car for part of the race. The actual winner, Thomas Hicks, was near collapse and hallucinating by the end of the race, a side effect of being administered brandy, raw eggs, and strychnine by his trainers. The fourth-place finisher, Andarín Carvajal, took a nap during the race after eating spoiled apples.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:m5nviebtkhhbur3fsfdznxue/bafkreicrvnecoqcqxgnm6xsjbqlegqpx54dqduzaymhcg3524lugjw3uy4)