Our own ‘Hero’: Shalim Ortiz, who grew up in Miami, can raise the dead — at least on TV

On the night during Hurricane Andrew when palm trees were falling all around Shalim Ortiz’s ears, he wished with all his might for superpowers.

Fifteen years later, he’s finally got them — on Heroes, NBC’s hit science fiction drama about genetic mutants trying to save the world from nuclear war.

”Alejandro can’t fly or time-travel, but he does his part,” says Ortiz of his secretive and stoic character, a newcomer to the show this season. “And we don’t know everything about him yet.””*

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