(NewsNation) — Bryan Vladek Hasel should be celebrating his 27th birthday with his loving family in Florida on Saturday, but instead, his seven siblings and father are marking another year without him.
On a Saturday night at the University of Central Florida, students gathered, not for weekend revelry, but for a vigil at the reflecting pond in honor of Hasel.
Student journalist Izabella Siwik covered the solemn gathering, marking four years since Hasel disappeared in that exact area.
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“He was close to a university, I go to that university as well,” Siwik said. “So knowing that we could have crossed paths one day and not being able to is just really off-putting.”
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