They Investigate The Death Of Two Girls By A Damaged Radiator

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

Authorities in New York are investigating how it was possible that two little girls, ages 1 and 2, in the Bronx neighborhood of New York died from hot water from a faulty radiator.

The tragedy that occurred last Wednesday could have been avoided if the company that maintained the home, which the City uses as temporary accommodation for homeless families, had repaired the heater that had been reported as damaged several months ago, according to preliminary inquiries.

Authorities confirmed on Friday the initial report of the firefighters that the little sisters Ibanez and Scylee Ambrose died as a result of the radiator valve that heated the room where they slept exploded and sprayed them with extremely hot water.

A good number of people expressed solidarity with the family that has been affected by this tragedy by posting messages and photos of the babies on their social networks.

"It is sad, very sad," a neighbor, Maritza Morales, told local CBS New York channel. "It has overwhelmed me."

A former resident of the apartment in question, Charlene Jackson, reported to the New York Daily News that she had reported that the same radiator had been damaged a year ago, but that the maintenance company that uses the city that uses the building did nothing about it.

"We now have two dead babies," Jackson told the newspaper, which indicated that the lethal hot water, in the form of steam, released by the device burned more than 70 percent of the bodies of the two innocent victims.

The New York Times reported that the social housing program that helped victims has been criticized for the poor upkeep of its shelters. This building alone had 26 violations of the city's home maintenance code.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday at a press conference that the accident was "unusual and unprecedented" and stressed that "no agency has seen anything like this before."