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  • Clemente Jr. sends aid to tsunami victims in tribute of father

    12/31/2004 5:15:58 AM PST · by MikefromOhio · 12 replies · 478+ views
    cbssportsline.com ^ | 30 december 2004 | SportsLine.com wire reports
    NEW YORK -- Roberto Clemente's son is sending money, clothing and medical supplies to south Asia's tsunami victims. The aid was originally headed for Nicaragua to honor the anniversary of his late father's ill-fated humanitarian flight 32 years ago. "My father always said, 'If you have an opportunity to make things better and you don't then you are wasting your time on earth,"' Roberto Clemente Jr. said in a telephone interview with the Associated Press from Puerto Rico on Thursday. On Dec. 31, 1972, the Hall of Fame outfielder who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1955-1972 was killed when...