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Indian Express
24-05-2025
- Indian Express
Pakistani immigrant dies in Brooklyn fire escape tragedy; know who he was
Ashiq Hussein, 53, a Pakistani immigrant living in Brooklyn's Sunset Park, tragically lost his life after a fire broke out in his apartment building on May 19. The fire, which started on the second floor of 3902 9th Avenue early that morning, prompted a swift response from the New York City Fire Department (FDNY), who arrived around 7 AM to battle the blaze. In a heartbreaking moment captured on video and circulated by local news, Hussein was seen trying to escape the flames from a third-floor window using an FDNY ladder. As he attempted to step onto the upper section of the ladder, it suddenly pulled away. He fell onto a store awning below before hitting the pavement. He was immediately taken to Maimonides Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. The city's medical examiner confirmed that the cause of death was severe trauma to his head and chest. Pakistani immigrant dies after falling from faulty ladder during fire escape — Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) May 22, 2025 Hussein had been sharing the apartment with two people. A friend told the New York Daily News that he was working as a taxi driver, trying to build a better future for his family in Pakistan. He had been eagerly awaiting the arrival of his wife, three daughters, and son, hoping to reunite with them in New York. 'He just wanted them to be successful and be able to contribute towards not just their own family but also toward humanity in some way,' his friend was quoted as saying. 'He was an awesome dad. It's a loss that I don't think anyone is going to get over any time soon.' The FDNY released a statement acknowledging the tragedy and said a full investigation is underway. 'As is standard practice, we began a proactive investigation of the facts and circumstances surrounding the tragic death of a civilian immediately,' the department stated, noting that Fire Marshals, Fire Operations, and the Division of Safety are all involved. Two other residents were hurt during the fire, and one firefighter sustained a leg injury but is expected to recover. Authorities are still working to determine what caused the blaze.
New York Post
17-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Post
Runner dies during Brooklyn Half Marathon
A runner died during the Brooklyn Half Marathon Saturday, police said. The man, 31, was in the race at 8:11 a.m. when he collapsed. Runners near the finish line of the Brooklyn Half Marathon on May 17. Michael Nigro Advertisement EMS responded and rushed him to Maimonides Medical Center, but he couldn't be saved, cops said. The man has yet to be publicly identified. More than 28,000 were expected to take part in the marathon, which includes a 13.1 mile course, according to New York Road Runners. Advertisement This is a developing story.
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Yahoo
Brooklyn Matriarch, 101, hit by SUV driver dies 2 weeks later from her injuries fled
An elderly woman who was fatally struck in early April by an unlicensed SUV driver as she crossed a Brooklyn street was a Hasidic Jewish matriarch who fled Russia after World War II on an escape train to Poland, family and police said Wednesday. On April 8 around 8:25 p.m., Taibel Brod — whom family members said was 99 years old — was crossing with a walk signal at the intersection of Brooklyn Ave. and Montgomery St. in Crown Heights, and had made it midway across Montgomery St., when the 65-year-old driver of a 2023 GMC Yukon SUV, traveling south on Brooklyn Ave., made a left turn going east onto Montgomery St., striking the victim, cops said. 'She walked every morning from Crown Heights to Brookdale Hospital, she used to feed patients there for many, many years,' said the victim's youngest son, Yisroel Brod, 70, who is a fundraising consultant. Taibel Brod was a longtime resident in Crown Heights, and the matriarch to a large Chabad family, and the mother of five children — three boys and two girls — with many grandchildren, the son said. She was born in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, and left Russia with many other adherents of Hasidism on the famous escape trains to Poland. She ended up in the Displaced Persons camp of Poking, according to an obituary. When Taibel Brod left Russia after World War II, she left with another person's passport to escape, the family said. 'She came to a displaced person's camp in Germany in 1946 at Pocking, Germany. That's where she met my father. My two sisters were born there,' Yisorel Brod said. 'She came to New York in 1951 and settled in Brownsville and now in Crown Heights.' Cops, who had reported Taibel Brod was 101 years old, arrested the driver, Menachem Shagalow, the day of the accident, charging him with aggravated unlicensed operator, failure to exercise due care, and unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. Yisorel Brod described the accident as a 'tragedy.' Taibel Brod was transported by EMS to Maimonides Medical Center in stable condition with injuries to the head after the accident. She died nearly two weeks later, succumbing to her injuries on April 20, according to police. Her family described her as a 'devout' person who did her own shopping, washing and took care of herself as best she could. 'The hardship in her youth in Russia gave her the strength to go forward. She survived communism,' said her son Yosef Bord, 73, a building engineer from Los Angeles, Calif.
New York Times
29-03-2025
- New York Times
3 Killed, Including 2 Children, in Brooklyn Car Accident
An adult and two children were killed, and six other people were taken to hospitals, after two cars collided in southern Brooklyn on Saturday afternoon, the police said. The ages and identities of the victims have not yet been released by the authorities, but the police confirmed that a total of nine people, five of them children, were taken to nearby hospitals. According to initial reports from the authorities, the accident occurred just after 1 p.m. on Saturday when a Toyota Camry carrying two adults and two children collided with an Audi at the intersection of Quentin Road and Ocean Parkway, at the border of the Gravesend and Midwood neighborhoods. Emergency medical workers arrived shortly after the crash and transported the driver of the Audi, its sole passenger, to a hospital in the Sunset Park area. The workers took the driver of the Toyota to a hospital on Coney Island and the vehicle's other passengers to another nearby hospital. All of the passengers were in stable condition on Saturday afternoon. It was not immediately clear what caused the accident. During the collision, however, the cars struck three children and one adult who were walking in the area, a law enforcement official said. The pedestrians were transported by emergency medical workers to Maimonides Medical Center in Borough Park, where the adult and two of the children were pronounced dead, the official said. The third child in the group was in critical condition at the hospital on Saturday afternoon, the official said.
