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A 23-year-old woman lost four family members, including her mother, in thedevastating fire that killed more than a dozen residentsat an apartment building in New York City over the weekend.
According to aGoFundMecampaign, 23-year-old Fatima Drammeh was at work when she was told her mother, Fatoumata Drammeh, 50; her brother, Muhammed Drammeh, 12; and her sisters Fatoumala Drammeh and Aisha Drammeh, 21 and 19; died in the fire.
“As a community, it is our duty to come together during times likes [sic] this and help one another in any way that we can,” she added.
Drammeh’s 16-year-old brother, Yagub Drammeh, is currently hospitalized after being rescued from the building.
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The campaign hasraised nearly $80,000as of Tuesday afternoon and will go toward Drammeh’s housing expenses and her brother’s medical bills.
Bronx resident Yusupha Jawara told theNew York Daily Newsthat his two nieces and two nephews lost their parents — Hagi Jawara, 47, and Isatou Jabbie, 31 — in Sunday’s fire.
Jawara said the children were not home during the fire and the family is still trying to decide how to tell them what happened.
“The four children don’t know about it yet,” he told reporters. “We’re still trying to figure out how to break the news.”
“They both passed away,” he added. “It’s God’s will. We have to take it in faith and pray for them.”
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PEOPLE’s attempts to speak with Jawara were unsuccessful.
The blaze is the city’s deadliest fire in three decades, according to theAP.
source: people.com
