The events of July 1945 changed everything. The people of New Mexico were the first human test subjects of the world’s most powerful weapon.
Author: Tina Cordova
Tina Cordova is a seventh-generation New Mexican, born and raised in Tularosa in south-central New Mexico. In 2005, she co-founded the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium (www.trinitydownwinders.com), which works to bring attention to the negative health effects of the Trinity test.