*I am trying to reach the family to let them know we are praying and willing to help any way we can.
Here's an excert from the New York Times article:
The year 2006 began with a streak of deadly violence in New York City, with four men killed between midnight and daybreak. Carlos Cintron, 17, was fatally stabbed about 1:30 a.m. when he tried to break up a fight among five friends at Cooper Avenue and 64th Place in Ridgewood, Queens, the police said. After being stabbed, he and two friends ran off, but he collapsed not far away, the police said. He was taken to Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 2:49. "He made it to this spot," said Nelson Cruz, 36, a maintenance worker who lives nearby. "Then he dropped. He was gasping for air. At first I thought he was drunk. When I heard he was stabbed, I thought, 'That's crazy.' "Mr. Cintron, a sophomore at Grover Cleveland High School in Ridgewood, lived nearby on 65th Place with his mother and sister, and was known as "Charlie" to his friends, said Manuel Matias, 17, who described their friendship as "tighter than glue." "He was a jokester. He'd do anything for a smile," Mr. Matias said. "He didn't think about tomorrow. He lived for today." Mr. Cintron's 16-year-old girlfriend, who identified herself only as Vlora, sat on his front stoop yesterday afternoon. They had dated sinceValentine's Day, she said. "I feel like he's still here," she said. "I feel like I'm waiting for him to come outside."
NEW YORK REGION January 2, 2006 Violent Start to New Year: Four Homicides in Five Hours By MICHAEL WILSON
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2 comments:
When I heard about this on Monday it disturbed me because it was so close to home. We definitely have to continue reaching out to the teens and young adults in our neighborhoods. With this happening on the 1st day of the year it only encouraged me to pray that this will be the year of change in Glendale, Bushwick, Ridgewood and the neighborhoods near by.
As a side note: Today is Luli's birthday and no shout out. Thanks. :) Love ya!
It's a good thing that you wrote about the stabbing and sent it out to everyone. It is really scary to know that 64th street used to be where i used to hang out at times before i was saved and i am so thankful that God saved me. I know at least 12 people that live on that block. We really need the power of God drawing more people in. I read the book "Hinds feet on High Places" by Hannah Hannard. The girl in the story was called Much Afraid and she was in the Fearing Family that lived down in this valley. The Sheperd met her one night as she was by a well and he asked her to come up with him to the high places. She was afraid to go with him but when he called her she left in the middle of the night to go with the sheperd. Through a series of chapters she finally makes it up to the High Place and the Lord changed her name and then she was commissioned to go back down to the valley to call her family up to the High Places with her. When I read that book it became clear to me that yes, God calls us and we have to travel the road alone to go be with the Shepherd but once we take on God's identity for us we are called to now go back and get the others left out there. I don't think many understand that...they hide their lights under a bushel and think someone else will go get those old friends. I guess we should pray that God would truly bring all the youth to their high places first out of their issues so then we can be the army that will go back out and call them in. Thanks for your blog. Ciao Becky Simone
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