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Veracruz, sends home $800 from his job as a jackhammer operator; that Minerva Valencia, a nanny, sends $1,600 a month back to Puebla; and that Noe Reyes, a bike messenger, remits a jaw-dropping two grand a month – a sum that makes one wonder what sort of goodies are in that red box hanging off his handlebars. Whether the dollar amounts are real or inflated isn’t the point. Even if these men and women sent home only a fraction of what Pinzón claims, their actions would still stand as heroic given what we know of immigrant life and the cost of living in New York. The artistic victory notched rests with the recognition that superheroes are everywhere among us, and that one needn’t possess superhuman strength or supernatural powers to join their ranks. None of this is exactly news, but Pinzón’s hyperreal presentation of this information drives you to wonder what sacrifices these workers make to send that money home.
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