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>> anthony: now where was the bombing range? >> erica: pretty close here, 2 miles after this. >> elda: maybe less. this was part of the navy land. >> anthony: when did the navy stop using vieques as a bombing range? >> carlito: 2003. >> anthony: that's not that long ago. so what you'd be eating lunch and you hear boom, boom. >> elda: basically. and still they detonate bombs. >> anthony: this is left over ordinances. >> elda: yeah this is like the clean up process. they gather the unexploded ammunitions and they detonate them all together. >> erica: the house moves with the bombing. it's like m...

♪ chef erica connelly grew up here and has raised her family here. she invited me to a meal at her home. joining us is her mother and son, carlito, her two nieces, and her best friend, elda. >> anthony: now where was the bombing range? >> erica: pretty close here, 2 miles after this. >> elda: maybe less. this was part of the navy land. >> anthony: when did the navy stop using vieques as a bombing range? >> carlito: 2003. >> anthony: that's not that long ago. so what you'd be eating lunch and you hear boom, boom. >> elda: basically. and still they detonate bombs. >> anthony: this is left over...

>> anthony: vieques is officially within the commonwealth of puerto rico. the main island, a mere eight miles away. it is phenomenallyeaceful here, but it hasn't always been that way. for over sixty years, the island was used as a bombing range for the us navy and for training exercises. the soil is rich with depleted uranium, agent orange, and the kind of good stuff left over after 60 years of explosives raining down on it. many see a clear connection between that recent history and a cancer rate that is 30 percent higher than in the rest of puerto rico. while the navy works to clean up what ...

>> anthony: vieques is officially within the commonwealth of puerto rico. the main island, a mere eight miles away. it is phenomenally peaceful here, but it hasn't always been that way. for over sixty years, the island was used as a bombing range for the us navy and for training exercises. the soil is rich with depleted uranium, agent orange, and the kind of good stuff left over after 60 years of explosives raining down on it. many see a clear connection between that recent history and a cancer rate that is 30 percent higher than in the rest of puerto rico. while the navy works to clean up wha...

Chef erica connelly grew up here and has raised her family here. she invited me to a meal at her home. joining us is her mother and son, carlito, her two nieces, and her best friend, elda. >> anthony: now where was the bombing range? >> erica: pretty close here, 2 miles after this. >> elda: maybe less. this was part of the navy land. >> anthony: when did the navy stop using vieques as a bombing range? >> carlito: 2003. >> anthony: that's not that long ago. so what you'd be eating lunch and you hear boom, boom. >> elda: basically. and still they detonate bombs. >> anthony: this is left over ord...