"Maykol has spent years waiting to ride the carousel in Flushing Meadows Park. It's not for lack of courage, he clarifies. He just wasn't tall enough."
"Standing in line for the merry-go-round, she tells the story of how, three years ago, she and Maykol picked up and left Ecuador. The gang violence there has gotten bad."
"In New York they joined over 180 thousand migrants who've arrived in the last few years, and like many others ended up in Queens, one of the most diverse counties in the U.S."
"As soon as the carousel gate opens, he makes a beeline for the infamous lion. He says he isn't scared. After all, he explains, he's been training for this with his cousin for an entire year."
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