Venezuela native Pedro Herrera, 23, arrived on Long Island on Dec. 19 after a monthslong journey he barely survived.
He was robbed of his money, walked past dead people in the treacherous jungles of Panama and clung for his life to the tops of speeding cargo trains as they headed north through Mexico.
He said he had to hold on so intensely that his hands cramped, and he thought he would fall off. But, to Herrera, it was all worth it.
He had departed Venezuela four years earlier, migrating to neighboring Colombia. His wife and 8-month-old daughter started the trip with him, but they had to head back to Colombia.
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