The man killed in an explosion at a Staten Island shipyard was a hard-working Chinese immigrant who died when he became “trapped” in the belly of a boat while painting, his family said Saturday.
Xiaoyuan Li, of Flushing, was finishing his last day of work for May Ship Repair on the dry dock in Mariners Harbor before a planned weekend trip with his wife, son Jerome Li told The Post.
“My mom called me and said that my dad’s coworker called the police and said that my dad is trapped inside of the boat,” Li said from the family’s Queens home.
“And after 45 minutes there was an explosion.”…