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Hello, I am Alfonso Esposito. I was 28 years old. I am Italian. I was born in Northern Italy, but I moved to L'Aquila near Rome to find a job since my familly is in poverty. I eventually saved enough money to cross the Atlantic and go to America. I had to leave my wife and children behind since I had no money to pay for their tickets. In America, I hoped to get enough money to pay for the rest of my family to cross over. The name of my ship that I traveled on was the La Touraine. It was a long steel hulled, low floating, steam ship. The weather over on the was between two extremes. It was raining one day then it was clear blue skies the next. When I saw land I was relieved. I thought the trip would never end. But that giant Statue of Liberty was just so beautiful. When I saw it, I thought of hope and freedom. The process that you have to go through on the island is exhausting. You stay on the island for a few months with sweaty people, noisy nights, and many different people. The inspections were the worst. The man would come up to you, examine you, yell some strange words out, and you'd move on. The other examination was a bit different. They'ed have you walk into a room, ask you something in a weird language, and have you nod your head. But, when I finally got onto American soil, I was so happy. I sent my family a letter telling them that I was fine and found a job. I became a street vendor and a tradesman and eventually got my familly over after five years.