Family, friends and the Hispanic community attended the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows and the funeral home, located in Corona, Queens, and were moved by the young woman’s story.
The response from the community was so great that people had to line up to enter the funeral home to pay their condolences to the family.
Her sister-in-law Aracely Ventura Pérez, remembered Yésica as a happy young woman who was always fighting to achieve her dreams in this country.
“She was an excellent girl the time I lived with her, a respectful girl who fought for her dreams,” he commented.
The solidarity of Hispanics has been felt in the midst of pain and a fundraiser managed to gather resources for the repatriation of his body to Guatemala.
The young woman will be transferred to her hometown, Chichicastenango, where she will be buried.
What is known about the case of Yésica Ajtzac:
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A tragedy occurred in the New York subway after Yésika Marleny Ajtzac Guarcas, 18, lost her life after being hit by a train. According to authorities, the young Hispanic woman fainted and fell on the rails.
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The driver of the train that ran over the Guatemalan woman told investigators in the case that he put on the emergency brake to avoid the tragedy, but he did not have enough time.
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The death of the Hispanic teenager occurred around 6:50 in the morning, on Tuesday, on a platform at the Roosevelt Avenue – Jackson Heights station.
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In an interview with Univision 41, Yésika Ajzac’s relatives clarified that “she was not sick,” so they cannot explain how she could faint so close to the road and be run over. They remember her as a responsible and hard-working young woman.
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Yésika Marleny’s sister informed her parents, who are in Guatemala, of the death, and now the family is seeking to raise funds to repatriate the body. She had emigrated to the United States due to lack of opportunities in her country.
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In addition to dealing with Yésica’s death, those close to her are outraged by the video circulating on TikTok. Witnesses to the incident recorded the young woman in her agony and made the disastrous decision to publish it on the social network.
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The NYPD informed the family that it could not show them the video of the Guatemalan woman fainting and falling onto the train track, captured by a security camera. However, the scene also ended up on TikTok and shows that the young woman did collapse on the edge of the platform.
2023-10-26 10:59:00
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