One of the four men was killed when a fishing boat turned off the coast of Queens and was a beloved father of three children who have a famous neighborhood.
Francis Marmeligos, 37, from Sibu Hills, Brooklyn, was among the six friends on a 30 -foot hunting boat that turned on the Ambrose channel on Sunday after the water began near Breezy Point.
“He had his own Bodiga and was a hard factor,” said one of the relatives who gave her name, as Yasmine told Daily News.
He was an amazing father. Yasmine said on the phone, he was like a father of their stunning relatives in the background, he was like a father of mine. “He will always remember in our hearts. He was a loving man. He was amazing.”
Family and friends are struggling to accept the loss.
“Hunting was his hobby. His cousin, Edward Leonardo, said:” I think he could not wait for the summer. “Life is sometimes crazy.”
On Wednesday, there was a memorial for Marmoligos outside the best delicious grocery, he ran with his brother in Wyckoff ave. Near Halsey Street in Ridgewood with vowing candles, beer bottles, and a torn page of news that features a story about the tragic Mishap.
Winston Sanchez, who grew up with Marmeligos in La Vega, Dominican, said his friend was the father of religion and a girl and was running food for 10 years.
“Everyone loves him. Sanchez said, O good man,” said Sanchez, a good man. ” “He is a good man, a good father, a good factor.”
“He loves to go to fish. This is the problem, he loves hunting.” “All the time goes on the boat. He has a lot of friends who have boats.”
Sanchez said Marmoligos had a boat himself, but it was not what drowned.
A family friend said that Marmeligos’s wife is particularly destroyed.
The boat, which left from a berth on Cross Bly Blvd. Near 162 ave. In Howard Beach, her journey began on the Shellbank Basin, a narrow entrance that leads to the Gulf of Jamaica.
US Coast Guard officials said on Wednesday that the water started leaking to the boat and called one of the men with panic 911 at 12:04 pm.
One of the survivors told SEWCHAND Maniram, 62, his daughter about the horror that began to reveal.
“One minute was fine, then in the next minute it was chaos,” said Asha Maneyram. “He said they ended up in the water and they were trying to help each other.”
On Wednesday, the Coast Guard spokesman said as soon as the call to the agency came immediately on two boats and a helicopter to respond to the area surrounding Burzi. NYPD and FDNY soon joined them.
The Coast Guard continued to follow the call with the help of New York City and the Munmouth Province 911 and managed to obtain a possible location at about 2:00 pm near the Ambrose channel, a crowded charging channel between Queens and Statin Island.
“At approximately 2:15 pm, the Coast Guard crew arrived at the stalled ship and the rescue efforts began,” said the Coast Guard spokesman.
Coast Guard rescue sets, along with the NYPD and Sandy Hook Pilots, withdrew five men from the channel and started searching for the sixth.
Another hunter who lived through the ordeal, Enrique Diaz, 55, recovers in the intensive surgical care unit at the Northern Statin Island University Hospital.
“I am grateful,” said Jonathan Diaz, 33, about his father. “I am happy, but at the end of the day a lot of people [who died]. It is unfortunate for other families. They all went through the same position. “
Cecilio Javier Aders, 50, was one of the four men who did not survive.
Adames, who lived in Howard Beach and became very recent, worked a Uber driver and performed maintenance in office buildings.
The daughter of the 15 -year -old victim, Elisha, told the news that her father was a thirsty fisherman.
“He loved hunting. The teenager said:” He did it for a long time, like 10 to 15 years. “
After searching until 6:00 pm on Monday, the Coast Guard suspended the search for Vernon Glasford, 51, who is believed to be dead.
He said, “The decision to suspend the research is always difficult.” Capth. Jonathan AndrikNew York Coast Guard sector. “Although our active research has ended, our support and sympathy remains with all those affected by this tragic incident.”
Glasford’s sister, who lives in the same building of her brother in the Al -Maraba’a neighborhood at Bronx University, said that he was originally a construction worker from St. Kitts, Nevis and the father of two children.
“Hunting went all the time. He did it for fun. Jinil Bob said:” He often gave fish away, and that’s what he was generous. “I remember his kindness. He was loving and relied upon. “
With Thomas Trissy