Louis Cyparis was a 27-year-old Afro-Caribbean prisoner in the thick-walled cell pictured above when Mount Pelee on Martinique erupted in 1902, showering the city of Saint-Pierre with incandescent ash carried by hurricane force winds the temperature of a blast furnace. In moments the entire town was ablaze and nearly 30,000 inhabitants were dead; practically everyone,Continue reading “Cell Survivor”
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