STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A Staten Island grandmother left gravely injured by a fire that ripped through her New Brighton home of nearly three decades must also now deal with a harsh reality: Her home, and everything in it, is gone.
And while the family of 73-year-old Leila Haider is just happy she escaped the flames with her life, they’re at a loss with what to do about the situation.
Shawanna Touré, Haider’s granddaughter, told the Advance/SILive.com she was at work in Manhattan when she received a call from her sister on April 23 about the enormous blaze…