There was a somber gathering just below the Brooklyn Bridge on Wednesday night, as members of the New York Mexican community, along with city leaders, remembered two sailors who died in last weekend’s ship crash.
Nineteen other crew members were injured in the collision.
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“It was really heartbreaking”
Camila Perez said she was recording video when she saw the horror unfold.
“I see the first two sails collapse backwards,” Perez said, holding back tears. “I don’t even know these people, [but] to see my own ethnicity just go … and like two people died … it hurts.”…