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New York Post
01-08-2025
- New York Post
Father of Miami sailing camper, 13, reveals final words with ‘perfect daughter' before deadly boat crash
The heartbroken father of the 13-year-old killed in the horrific Miami boat crash Monday revealed the final words his 'perfect daughter' told him before the tragedy. 'I still remember when we dropped her off. She said, 'See you later, mom and dad!'' Pil Jye Ko told Local 10 News his daughter, Erin Ko Han, said to him and his wife as they dropped her off for her first day at the Miami Yacht Club's sailing camp. Ko said when he heard about the crash, he hoped it was a 'dream.' However, when he realized it wasn't, he prayed for a 'miracle.' 4 Pil Jye Ko said he felt like he was dreaming when he first heard about the boating accident involving his daughter. Local 10 'That the hospital would call and say, 'Your daughter is alive. She's alright.' But no, that didn't happen. No, no, no. It's not what happened,' Ko said. The grieving dad and his wife rushed to Jackson Memorial Hospital to be by their teen's bedside, where they were in disbelief over her injuries. 'I can still see it in my mind. She had many wounds to her head, her arms, her legs, everywhere,' he recalled. The Nautilus Middle School star student was fluent in English, Spanish, and Korean, and was learning Japanese. She excelled on the volleyball court and loved swimming, Ko said. 'She was the perfect daughter,' Ko said. 4 Erin Ko Han was a star student at Nautilus Middle School before she was killed while at sailing camp on Monday. Local 10 Chilean natives, the Ko family relocated to Florida in 2024 for work and to provide a better life for Erin. However, the heartbroken family is now left seeking 'justice' for Erin's death. 'We are very much in pain in our hearts because she was all we had,' Ko told the outlet. 'I need to honor my daughter because I can't say goodbye as if nothing (happened). I need to know what happened.' 4 Ko said he is now seeking 'justice' for Erin's death. Local 10 4 Erin was one of the two young sailing club members killed after their sailboat was struck by a barge and capsized in Miami waters Monday. Local 10 Mila Yankelevich, 7, the granddaughter of an award-winning Argentinian TV producer, Cris Morena, was also killed when the barge plowed into their sailboat while at summer camp. Two other campers, ages 8 and 11, were critically injured in the wreck. The sailboat's 19-year-old instructor and a 12-year-old girl were unhurt. The US Coast Guard launched an investigation into the deadly crash. The captain of the barge — who has not been identified — was given a sobriety test at the scene and has not been arrested.
Miami Herald
05-05-2025
- Miami Herald
Ex-teacher who sexually assaulted middle school teens for drugs, agrees to 25-year sentence
A former substitute teacher accused of using a social media app to meet middle school girls as young as 12 and supplying them with vape pens and marijuana in exchange for sex, reached a plea agreement with the state Monday that includes a minimum 15-year prison sentence. Enreeka Nalasco, 35, who worked as a substitute teacher at Miami Beach Senior High School almost a decade ago, was sentenced to 25 years in prison and 20 years' probation, can no longer use social media or contact any of his victims and will have his name entered on the state's sexual predator website. He was convicted of two counts of human trafficking and three counts of lewd and lascivious conduct with girls under 16. Both victims were students at Miami Beach's Nautilus Middle School in 2022 when the crimes were committed. During Nalasco's sentencing before Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Ellen Sue Venzer Monday, a statement by one of the victims that was read out loud asked that Nalasco remain in prison for the rest of his life. Then Nalasco apologized to his victims, according to a report from WPLG Channel 10. 'I take accountability and apologize to everyone I hurt,' he said. 'I'm sorry. I hope they can forgive me.' Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle chastised Nalasco for trying to lure a pre-teen in his sex-for-drugs scheme. 'Enreeka Nalasco will be unable to exploit again,' the state attorney said. Nautilus students with drugs spark suspicion Nalasco's arrest report said police were alerted to his activities in March 2022 after several Nautilus female students were found on campus with drugs and vapes. The girls said they got the paraphernalia from a man named 'Swaggy,' whom they became friendly with on Snapchat. The girls said Swaggy was willing to supply them with the drugs for sexual favors. In one case, police said Nalasco went to the Miami Beach home of a 13-year-old girl to bring her drugs. She was later suspended from Nautilus when the drugs were found in her possession on campus. Several other girls — all ranging in age from 11 to 14 — told similar stories. Some said Nalasco exchanged drugs for kisses. Police say Nalasco once met a 12-year-old girl in the parking lot of a gas station in Miami Shores who bought a vape cigarette from him. She called Nalasco again two weeks later for another one and when they met, police said, he forced her into the back seat of his car and sexually assaulted her before kicking her out of the vehicle.
