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When Police Received a call of an on authorized person on campus. Thats when the school went into lockdown. The lockdown was lifted in just the last hour when police concluded there was no merit to the phone call kron fours camila barco is joining us live now. Theyre from campus. Camila. I know youve been speaking with parents this morning. There are many of them still gathered there right behind you. What are they saying . Yeah, well, now, as you can see behind me, there are dozens of parents lined up right now because theyre waiting to see and reunite with their child. They heard this news. They from their phones and many of them came here to campus to get their child. As you can see me, this is will step out the ways you guys can get a better look a scene here at South San Francisco. Can i mean excuse me . Parents are just waiting outside to pick up and see their kids. One parent tells me that they rushed here as soon as they heard that there might have been an active shooter. But a
Host reyna grande, what is [speaking in spanish] guest [speaking in spanish] the way i grew up knowing [speaking in spanish] was a reference to the United States. But to me, because i grew up in this hometown surrounded by mountains and i didnt know where the United States was, to me it was the other side of the mountain. During that time that my parents were gone, working here in the u. S. , i would look at the mountains and think my parents were on the other side of those mountains. Post a word as you grow up which is where we borne . Guest i was born in mexico and a little town that nobody has heard of. But when i mentioned, it is three hours away. Host when did your parents come to the United States . How old were you . Guest my father came in 1877 when i was two years old and he sent for another three years later. Savanna that came in 1980 when i was four and a half years old. Poster wanted to come to the United States . Guest i came to the United States in 1985. In may of 1985 i
Your institution, however, is not complicated. As it is, in fact, theres never one single issue that leads to total the capitalization of society. You can watch this and other programs on line at booktv. Org. Up next on booktv from Miami Book Fair international which took place this past november, reyna grande discusses her book, the distance between us a memoir. She shares her experiences growing up in mexico without her parents who immigrated to the United States legally illegally to find work. This is about half an hour. Now joining us now is reyna grande who was the author of a memoir, the distance between us is what its called. What is reyna grande, where did you grow up . Where did i grow up. Up, i was born in a small city in mexico. s three nobody has really heard of it. Its about three hours away from acapulco. Dri its in land and if youre driving from mexico city to acapulco, you have to pass by it ent how big isnt . It was very small when i was growing up. Pe there it has abo
Can you talk a little bit about it . Guest it was the other side of the mountain. During the time my parents were working in the United States, i would look at the mountain something about my parents being on the other side. Host where did you grow up originally . Host where did you grow up . Guest the little town in mexico that no one has heard of. But when they mention it, if you mention acapulco, people know where it is. Its about three hours away from their my father came here in 1977 and december my mother a few years later. My mother came here in 1980 when i was 4. 5 years old. Host when did you come to the United States. Guest i came in 1985, in the month of may of 1985, i was nine and a half years old. Host what can you tell us about coming to the United States . Guest i have been separated from my father for about eight years. When he was sent to mexico in 1985, my family convinced him to come back here. To take us to the United States, we beg him to bring us here. We didnt wa