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Dec. 3, 2009, p. 56, ln. 8–10). Carmelo
would also often play board games and
cards with his children, dominos, checkers
and ‘‘brisca’’ (a Spanish card game), and
would joke with Eladia when she played
along, prompting one of her sisters to
playfully ask ‘‘Hey Dad, why are you winking at Mom?’’ (Trial Transcript, Dec. 3,
2009, p. 56, ln. 12–23).
Whenever a new baby was born to the
family, Carmelo would lovingly take the
older children (Luz, Ruth, Luis and Gloria)
aside right after the new baby was born—
family babies were always born at home
with a midwife rather than in the hospital—and put the newborn into each of
their arms and say ‘‘This is your new
sister or brother. You have to love [her/
]him very much and take care of [her/
]him.’’ (Trial Transcript, Dec. 3, 2009, p.
55, ln. 1–15).
Luz testified that Carmelo’s life’s dream
was to travel to the Holy Land. She said,
‘‘He [Carmelo] would always tell us that
before he died he wanted to see the land
that Jesus walked. And he never got an
opportunity to see it because that [the Lod
Airport Attack] happened at the airport
[Lod Airport].’’ (Trial Transcript, Dec. 3,
2009, p. 58, ln. 21–25)
When Luz learned of her father’s murder, she ‘‘couldn’t believe it,’’ because she
had recently seen her father and he was
‘‘the healthiest my father had been. He
even had gained some weight. He even
looked younger.’’ (Trial Transcript, Dec.
3, 2009, p. 60, ln. 2–5)
When asked at trial how she felt after
looking at photographs of the massacre at
trial, she commented ‘‘it affected me because I didn’t want to see those scenes
again. I—just that I always wanted to
remember him [Carmelo] like he was when
he was with us.’’ (Trial Transcript, Dec. 3,
2009, p. 65, ln. 20–24)
As an American citizen, Luz has a direct
cause of action under section 1605A. She
has suffered in many ways from the attack. Her family life has been permanently disrupted and her childhood and past
relationship with her mother and siblings
has been marred. Luz is therefore entitled to the following award for each of the
following claims set forth in plaintiffs’
Complaint:
1. first claim for relief (for damages
under 28 U.S.C. § 1605A(c)); namely, that
defendants provided material support and
resources which caused and facilitated the
Lod Airport Attack;
2. fourth claim for relief; namely, that
defendants’ behavior (a) was intended to
and did in fact terrorize Luz and cause her
severe emotional distress, and (b) was willful, outrageous, egregious, and dangerous
to human life, and violated applicable criminal law, all international standards of civilized human conduct and common decency,
and (c) was outrageous in the extreme,
wanton, willful and malicious, and constituted a threat to the public at large, warranting an award of punitive damages;
3. fifth claim for relief; namely, (a)
that the murder of Carmelo by the JRA
caused Luz to be deprived of the services,
society and solatium of her deceased father, and to suffer severe mental anguish,
bereavement and grief, and injury to her
feelings, and (b) that defendants’ conduct
as specified here was outrageous in the
extreme, wanton, willful and malicious, and
constituted a threat to the public at large,
and therefore Luz is entitled to an award
of punitive damages against defendants;
4. eighth claim for relief; namely, that
defendants knowingly and willingly conspired, planned and agreed to sponsor and
provide material support and resources for
the commission of acts of extrajudicial killing by terrorist organizations, including
the attack at the airport in which Carmelo
was killed, and as a result and by reason of
the death of Carmelo, which was caused by