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The Lod Airport Attack markedly
changed Pablo’s personality. ‘‘He wasn’t
very approachable, as he was before,’’ testified Angel (Trial Transcript, Dec. 3, 2009,
p. 94, ln. 1–2). Pablo lost between 60–80
pounds after the Lod Airport Attack, a
significant weight loss for him. (Trial
Transcript, Dec. 3, 2009, p. 95, ln. 25.)
Pablo would speak very little. ‘‘And he
didn’t work—he practically lost the capability to function at work,’’ said Angel.
(Trial Transcript, Dec. 3, 2009, p. 93, ln.
17–18)
Pablo’s significant change in behavior
also terribly affected his wife, Antonia.
She found his changes so difficult ‘‘because
the person to talk to, who would spend
time with us, who would go out with us,
that main provider, he wasn’t there anymore.’’ (Trial Transcript, Dec. 3, 2009, p.
94, ln. 3–7) Pablo never traveled outside of
Puerto Rico again. (Trial Transcript, Dec.
3, 2009, pp. 94–95)
Antonia would be protective of Pablo
and make sure that no one would raise the
topic of the Lod Airport Attack around
Pablo, because, explained Angel, ‘‘if that
happened, then he [Pablo] could go into a
crisis or into a depression again.’’ (Trial
Transcript, Dec. 3, 2009, p. 94, ln. 1–17)
Psychological Evaluation of Pablo by
Dr. Alexandra Ramos–Duchateau
As a result of the Lod Airport Attack,
Pablo suffers from medical conditions that
precluded his ability to testify at trial. He
has a medical certificate stating that he
currently has Alzheimer’s, diabetes, is
28. Dr. Ramos reviewed the written declaration of Pablo Tirado–Ayala dated November
16, 2007. (Exhibit 46) She also read a newspaper article titled, ‘‘La Matanza de Tel Aviv’’
and a newspaper article from The New York
Times dated June 4, 1972. Dr. Ramos had
the opportunity to interview Angel. She also
visited Pablo at the nursing home, but at the
time of the evaluation he was bedridden, unable to speak, blind, and required assistance
blind, bedridden, and unable to ambulate
or communicate. A declaration executed by
Pablo in the context of the D.C. Action
(but never submitted to the D.C. District
Court) was submitted to this Court in lieu
of Pablo’s live testimony. (Exhibit No. 46)
This written declaration, along with Angel’s testimony at trial, was supported by
the testimony and written evaluation 28 of
Dr. Alexandra Ramos–Duchateau (‘‘Dr.
Ramos’’), a clinical and forensic psychologist. (Exhibit No. 10)
Dr. Ramos holds a bachelor’s degree in
Psychology from Princeton University.
She also has a master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign. After receiving a doctoral
degree, it is customary to do an internship,
which Dr. Ramos did at the University of
Illinois–Chicago. Subsequent to her internship, Dr. Ramos engaged in postdoctoral studies at the University of Texas in
Dallas, and later began a private practice
in Puerto Rico. (Exhibit No. 9)
Dr. Ramos testified at trial that from
the data she evaluated, it is her opinion
that Pablo has, since the time of the Lod
Airport Attack, suffered from Post–Traumatic Stress Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder. Dr. Ramos stated that Pablo met all the symptoms criteria for those
two diagnoses, especially right after Lod
Airport Attack, but also throughout the
rest of his life. (Trial Transcript, Dec. 3,
2009, p. 110, ln. 22–25)
Dr. Ramos assigned Pablo a score of 30
on the Global Assessment Functioning
Scale (‘‘GAF’’),29 which represents severe
through a feeding tube, so she was unable to
interview him directly. (Trial Transcript,
Dec. 3, 2009, pp. 105–106)
29. The GAF measures whether a person is
capable of normal functioning in a wide
range of activities on a scale of 0–100. A
score of 100 represents superior functioning
in a wide range of activities. A score of 30
represents serious impairment in communica-