The person who fatally snapped his neck whereas leaping a subway turnstile in Queens is being remembered as a “vibrant, loving” father of a 4-year-old boy.
Christopher De La Cruz, 28, was pronounced lifeless after the incident on the Forest Hills-71st Avenue practice station in Queens early Sunday.
The sickening surveillance footage reveals him attempting to leap over a turnstile after he entered the subway station, initially falling and stumbling earlier than shedding his stability and crashing onto his head.
“Chris was a vibrant, loving, free-spirited character. He was a son, a father, a buddy, and my brother,” Brian De La Cruz wrote in a GoFundMe web page arrange for the grieving household’s funeral prices.
“Within the wake of his loss of life I've been reminded why I've been so fortunate to have been his brother. He was the kindest soul. He was beloved by so many individuals and impacted all people that he got here throughout,” Brian continued.
The GoFund me web page, which raised greater than $16,000 of its $30,000 objective by Thursday morning, included a photograph of a smiling Christopher together with his beaming son sitting on his shoulders.
One other picture reveals the daddy and son on a merry-go-round.
“If there was one factor on this world that my brother needed to be remembered for, it was his love for his son. Chris is survived by a 4 yr previous, Neithyn, who meant the world to him,” his brother wrote.
“Anybody who has ever spoken to Chris, for even a short second has in all probability seen my nephews face or heard concerning the love my brother had for him,” Brian continued.
“We'll by no means be capable to (exchange) him, however in honor of my brother we needed the rest of donations – after funeral prices – to go to his son. We can be establishing a university fund in his identify,” he added.
The fundraiser additionally features a assertion by a lady named Daisy.
“Christopher the sunshine you shined was past this world; your contagious laughter, your complete aura radiated like to its core. The purest of souls, since you would share no matter you had, even like splitting the final slice in half,” she wrote.
“Your son will all the time know of your identify, your love & all of the love you ever gave him & will proceed to offer him from past this dimension. I really like you,” Daisy added.
It was unclear whether or not Daisy is the boy’s mom.
Police stated De La Cruz was pronounced lifeless on the scene after “trying to evade the fare.”
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