AN OBITUARY FOR FOUR NEIGHBORS October 05, 2019 New York, New York Four of our New York neighbors died very early Saturday morning. They were murdered while they slept. People who knew them lovingly referred to them as being “kind and quiet,” “always grateful,” “seemed so sweet,” and “very honest.” 83-year-old Chuen Kwok, 55-year-old Narzario A. Vazquez Villegas and 49-year-old Anthony Manson were familiar faces around the neighborhood, though to most of us they were nameless. A fourth man* who also called the area in and around the Bowery home has not yet been identified. For the most part, they lived quiet lives. A man who knew one of the victims said: “I’m just sad. This guy never did anything. Just had a life to live.” Despite enduring the hardships that were cast upon them, they were all just trying to live their lives. They leave behind families, friends, loved ones … and 8.55 million New York City neighbors.
AN OBITUARY FOR FOUR NEIGHBORS
October 05, 2019 New York, New York
Four of our New York neighbors died very early Saturday morning. They were murdered while they slept.
People who knew them lovingly referred to them as being “kind and quiet,” “always grateful,” “seemed so sweet,” and “very honest.”
83-year-old Chuen Kwok, 55-year-old Narzario A. Vazquez Villegas and 49-year-old Anthony Manson were familiar faces around the neighborhood, though to most of us they were nameless.
A fourth man* who also called the area in and around the Bowery home has not yet been identified.
For the most part, they lived quiet lives. A man who knew one of the victims said: “I’m just sad. This guy never did anything. Just had a life to live.”
Despite enduring the hardships that were cast upon them, they were all just trying to live their lives.
They leave behind families, friends, loved ones … and 8.55 million New York City neighbors.
* Our neighbor Florencio Moran, 39, has been identified as the fourth man who died on October 5th.
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