Mexico's Day of the Dead mourns quake victims
Nayeli Flores
Nayeli Flores  struggled to bring up  her  two children  working as a legal aide and studying law  so  she  never had time or money to set up an elaborate Day of the Dead altar as  her  son  Julian  wanted to do. This year  Flores  will fulfill  his  wish for an altar â dedicated to the 11-year-old boy and  his  6-year-old sister  Ximena  who died when the quake collapsed their apartment building into a pile of rubble on the city's south side. The two kids had stayed home from school that day while their mom was working.
"My son always complained because we didn't put up an altar  " Flores  said between sobs. "So this year I am going to do it  in his memory."
 Flores  wants to make sure there are stuffed animals on the altar  too. "They used to love them; they would fight over them " she remembered.
Many of the residents of the 1960s-era apartment complex  Flores  called home are still living in tents beside buildings that survived. Some of the structures can be repaired  but others will have to be torn down.
Seven other people died along with  Flores ' kids in the building that fell. Survivors are erecting a big altar honoring the nine. Yet another altar commemorates all the quake's victims.
"This is going to be difficult  because it is all very recent  but in the end we are honoring their memories " said Carlos Luz  one of  Flores'  neighbors. "It means a lot to the people who lost family members."
[TGT] struggled to bring up   [TGT]   two children  working as a legal aide and studying law  so   [TGT]   never had time or money to set up an elaborate Day of the Dead altar as   [TGT]   son  Julian  wanted to do. This year   [TGT] will fulfill   [TGT]   wish for an altar â dedicated to the 11-year-old boy and  his  6-year-old sister  Ximena  who died when the quake collapsed their apartment building into a pile of rubble on the city's south side. The two kids had stayed home from school that day while their mom was working.
"My son always complained because we didn't put up an altar  "  [TGT] said between sobs. "So this year I am going to do it  in  [TGT]  memory."
 Flores  wants to make sure there are stuffed animals on the altar  too. "They used to love them; they would fight over them " she remembered.
Many of the residents of the 1960s-era apartment complex   [TGT] called home are still living in tents beside buildings that survived. Some of the structures can be repaired  but others will have to be torn down.
Seven other people died along with   [TGT]  kids in the building that fell. Survivors are erecting a big altar honoring the nine. Yet another altar commemorates all the quake's victims.
"This is going to be difficult  because it is all very recent  but in the end we are honoring their memories " said Carlos Luz  one of   [TGT] neighbors. "It means a lot to the people who lost family members."