June 7, 1905
It's just another day here at work. Building the Panama Canal is not the easiest thing ever. Sixteen people I know are so sick from Malaria that they can bearly move. Some other have Yellow Fever. Dysentery and thyphoid are starting to break out. Dengue mosquitos are everywhere and everyone is getting sick. We are in horrible conditions, the climate is so humid and it is so, so hot. The death tolls are raising more and more and I am scared I might get infected too. It has been very difficult to adapt to the tropical heat and people are dying from that, too. It is just getting worser and worser and I do not what to do. I do not want to do, I have a family. Thats the only reason I am working, to feed my family. But really, nobody realizes how hard we work here. More and more disease outbreaks are coming through the river and if we keep this pace, we are going to all die.
Juan Gonzalez
West Indian Panama Canal worker
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