462 A. 723 FEDERAL SUPPLEMENT, 2d SERIES Ruth Calderon–Cardona (individually) Ruth Calderon–Cardona (‘‘Ruth’’) is a citizen of the United States (Exhibit No. 36) and resides in Puerto Rico. (Trial Transcript, Dec. 3, 2009, pp. 6–7) From the time of her father’s death, Ruth has experienced emotional pain and suffering, loss of her father’s society, companionship, comfort, advice and counsel and has suffered severe mental anguish and extreme emotional distress. Ruth testified that her childhood was filled with happy memories of her father, Carmelo. She said that he was a ‘‘very good husband and father’’ and a member of the church choir (Trial Transcript, Dec. 3, 2009, p. 11, ln. 9), and above all a ‘‘family man.’’ (Trial Transcript, Dec. 3, 2009, p. 30, ln. 21) At night Carmelo would sit with Ruth and her siblings on the porch and he would teach them various songs and poems, and recite them repeatedly with patience until they were memorized (Trial Transcript, Dec. 3, 2009, p. 10, ln. 16–19, and 24–25). Ruth remembers fondly that Carmelo would take her smaller siblings on his lap and would tell them all stories, sing songs, and recite poems, all of which she and her siblings still remember fondly. (Trial Transcript, Dec. 3, 2009, p. 30, ln. 14–16) Ruth testified that her family would drive almost every week into the country to visit extended family, from both her father’s and mother’s sides of the family. The whole family would take these trips together. (Trial Transcript, Dec. 3, 2009, p. 14, ln. 6–10) Carmelo had a close relationship with his wife’s immediate and extended family, and several cousins even lived for a time in Carmelo and Eladia’s home. (Trial Transcript, Dec. 3, 2009, p. 14, ln. 19–25) Ruth stated that it was ‘‘his [Carmelo’s] dream’’ to visit the Holy Land, and that he was ‘‘very enthusiastic’’ about the trip. (Trial Transcript, Dec. 3, 2009, p. 19, ln. 9– 16) She last spoke with her father when he surprised her with a call from the airport in New York while en route to Israel; she remembers that this made her ‘‘very happy.’’ (Trial Transcript, Dec. 3, 2009, p. 20, ln. 10–13) Due to the Lod Airport Attack, this, unfortunately, was to be the last time that Ruth spoke with her father. (Trial Transcript, Dec. 3, 2009, p. 21, ln. 1) Ruth was at work when she received a call from her brother-in-law in Puerto Rico, and learned of the terrible news that her father had been brutally murdered. She fainted. (Trial Transcript, Dec. 3, 2009, p. 22, ln. 24) Soon thereafter, Ruth met her sister Luz (who had flown in from California) at the airport in New York, and they continued together to Puerto Rico. She described Luz as being ‘‘devastated.’’ (Trial Transcript, Dec. 3, 2009, p. 24, ln. 10) Once in Puerto Rico, the week-long wait for her father’s body to return for burial was ‘‘just terrible’’ (Trial Transcript, Dec. 3, 2009, p. 25, ln. 25) and ‘‘devastating.’’ (Trial Transcript, Dec. 3, 2009, p. 26, ln. 11) Her mother, Eladia was heavily sedated during this time. (Trial Transcript, Dec. 3, 2009, p. 24, ln. 25) as well as for quite some time thereafter. Ruth testified that since the time of Carmelo’s burial, for the last 37 years, she and her siblings have taken turns to visit his grave regularly. Someone makes the trip roughly every two months to clean Carmelo’s grave of plants and to otherwise pay their respects. (Trial Transcript, Dec. 3, 2009, p. 30, ln. 2–12) Ruth stated that the death of her father has affected her and her siblings ‘‘tremendously.’’ (Trial Transcript, Dec. 3, 2009, p. 30, ln. 22) [5] As an American citizen, Ruth has a direct cause of action under section 1605A. She has suffered in many ways from the Lod Airport Attack. Her family life has been permanently disrupted and her child-