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http://www.thenation.com/article/171228/called-work-during-super-storm-sandy-tribeca-parking-attendant-drownedSometime during the mid-afternoon hours of October 29, as Superstorm Sandy was heaving up the East Coast, Anthony Narh, an African immigrant, limped toward his job at Empire Parking, an underground garage serving one of the toniest strips of one of Manhattans toniest neighborhoods. Nestled near the watery edge of TriBeCa, Empire Parking was smack in the center of an evacuation zoneand Sandy was heading straight for it.
As the winds picked up and debris was flying up and down TriBeCas narrow streets, Anastasia Ratia, an architect and designer who lives with her aunt at 92 Laight Street, a high-end building adjoining the garage, ran into Narh and a co-worker. Ratia and her aunt had already evacuated but were making a last-minute run to the building; Narh, who walked with a severe limp, was just arriving for work. (At the garage, he was known as Jackson.)
I said, what on earth are you doing here? recalled Ratia, 34, who grew emotional as she recalled the story. And he said, I was called in to come. When Ratia asked whether the garages manager had asked Narh to come in, Narh placed the responsibility higher up. He said, No, the big boss. And I just said, thats craziness. Theyre just cars!
When the Hudson River burst its banks several hours later, the water raced toward the garage and trapped Narh inside. He never made it out.
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Called to Work During Superstorm Sandy, Tribeca Parking Attendant Drowned (Original Post)
xchrom
Nov 2012
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Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)1. The owner should be charged with manslaughter or murder
deutsey
(20,166 posts)2. What part of "evacuation" did "the big boss" not understand?
xchrom
(108,903 posts)3. Good question. Nt