A beloved Italian churchgoer who was ruthlessly beaten to death outside a Brooklyn subway station was remembered for his kindness, cheerful laugh and unwavering faith, as more than 100 family members and friends gathered Friday night to honor his life.
Nicola Tanzi, 64, was killed on Oct. 7 when a recidivist psycho savagely attacked him for no reason as the devout Catholic held a door open at the Jay Street-MetroTech Station – near where he had worked as a security guard for 15 years.
“Just a wonderful, caring, human being,” David Tanzi said of his uncle during a somber wake held at Andrew Torregrossa & Sons Funeral Home in Brooklyn.
“[He] would do anything for anybody and his faith. He had an infectious laugh. I think if you asked anybody that had met him, that would remind anybody of him now.”…