Thursday, October 8, 2015

A family continues to feel the loss on 2nd Avenue



The following is from photographers James and Karla Murray today...

Nicholas Figueroa's father tends to his son's memorial at 121 Second Ave., the site of the March 26 gas explosion and fire that killed his son.

His mother talked to us about the loss of their 23-year-old son and how hard it has been coping with it.

Today, his father placed a statue of Mary and keepsake box at the memorial and also tended to the memorial for the other victim, Moises Ismael Locón Yac.

Mrs. Figueroa gave her OK to post the above photo because she doesn't want anyone to forget the tragedy. Per the Murrays: "Their feelings of anger and loss are still understandably very raw and intense."
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 8, 2015 at 4:28 PM

    so... when is the city going to charge someone?

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  2. AnonymousOctober 8, 2015 at 4:49 PM

    Oh my god, that's heartbreaking.

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  3. AnonymousOctober 8, 2015 at 8:43 PM

    I stop at the site maybe once a week with my 10 month old, we had just walked past the buildings an hour before the explosion. (he was 3months old) When we stop, I read the posters, poems about Nicholas and Moises to him. I hope their families know that their sons are remembered.

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  4. Scuba DivaOctober 8, 2015 at 9:03 PM

    Every time I walk by the site, I want to cry.

    So I'm with Anon. 4:28: when is the city going to charge someone? It's about time!

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  5. AnonymousOctober 8, 2015 at 9:05 PM

    Is it just a coincidence or is the woman who was recently identified in the explosion in Brooklyn related to the deceased Mr Figueroa?

    http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20151008/borough-park/second-person-killed-borough-park-blast-identified-me-says

    BROOKLYN — The second person found dead in the rubble of the Borough Park building explosion has been officially identified as Franchezka Figueroa, the Chief Medical Examiner announced Thursday.

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  6. AnonymousOctober 9, 2015 at 9:34 AM

    :( There are no words.

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