Throngs rushed to the coastal area near the airport from which the plane had taken off, overloaded with relief supplies Clemente wanted to make sure reached the victims of an earthquake in Nicaragua. “We headed out to the beach closest to the crash area and it was packed with people. It was devastating news for everybody,” says former major league pitcher Jose Santiago, a close friend of Clemente. “People were going, ‘Are you sure he boarded the plane? Maybe he didn't.’ . . . Some would say, ‘He's clinging to a rock in one of those little islands out there.’ ” —“Clemente's Impact Wanes in Puerto Rico 40 Years after His Death,” Jorge Ortiz What can you infer about Clemente based on the passage? He was traveling somewhere, but nobody knew where or why. He was traveling to Nicaragua to help earthquake survivors. He was traveling to Nicaragua on a vacation with his close friend. He was a former major league pitcher with many Nicaraguan friends.