Mynor Cardona and Ufemia Tomas, parents of Yenifer Yulisa Cardona Tomás, smile as they talk with her.
Stories this photo appears in:
![Tease photo](https://epmgaa.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2022/07/07/migrant_survivor_Yenifer_Yulisa_Cardona_Tom%C3%A1s__r100x80.jpg?144a9619b7b2d55e12d8b619b3e5adb91a2095fa)
A survivor of the migrant trailer: ‘They couldn’t breathe’
Simple advice from a friend to stay near the door may have saved Yenifer Yulisa Cardona Tomás from the deadly fate that befell 53 other migrants when they were abandoned trapped in a sweltering semi-trailer last week on the edge of San Antonio.