
04/10/2023
He fended off paramilitary forces in El Salvador during his country’s bloody civil war. He protected his soccer store during the 1992 Los Angeles riots with a gun that held only five bullets. Nicolas Orellana thought nothing would ever surprise him again. Then a tornado touched down in suburban L.A. And for the first time in his eventful life, Orellana was not prepared....
He fended off paramilitary forces in El Salvador during his country’s bloody civil war. He protected his soccer store during the 1992 Los Angeles riots with a