James Lovell, of Putnam County, who was headed to the city to work on lighting up the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, was among those killed in Sunday’s accident. Others were Ahn Kisook of Queens, James Ferrari of Montrose and Donna Smith of Newburgh.
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Father-of-four James Lovell (second from left, wearing glasses, light blue shirt and khaki trousers) is pictured with his family. Lovell, of Cold Spring, NY, was killed on December 1, 2013 when the Metro-North Train he was traveling in was derailed just north of the Spuyten Duyvil station in the Bronx Borough of New York City. He was married to Philipstown Councilwoman Nancy Montgomery. Nancy is far right in photo.
James Lovell’s son described his dad’s death in the tragic Metro-North derailment Sunday as “an awful nightmare.”
“Words can’t express how much my father meant to me,” Finn Lovell wrote on Twitter. “It’s safe to say he molded me into the man I am today. I love you and miss you. I can’t believe you’re gone. This feels like an awful nightmare that I can't wake up from.”
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The train derailed at 7:20 a.m., 23 minutes before it was due to arrive at Grand Central Terminal.
Lovell, 58, was the husband of a councilwoman in Philipstown, Putnam County, a father of four and a screenwriter. He was also a lighting designer and was on his way to work on the Wednesday lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree.
He worked for 20 years for NBC’s “Today” show as an audio technician, the show’s executive producer, Don Nash, told staff in a memo.
Finn Lovell posted a stream of tweets about the death of his father, James Lovell, in Sunday's Metro-North derailment in the Bronx.
“He was not only a skilled technician but also one of the nicest guys you ever met,” Nash said.
The MTA Police Department said Ahn Kisook, 35, of Queens, James Ferrari, 59, of Montrose, and Donna Smith, 54, of Newburgh, were also killed in the horrific crash.
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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks to the press outside St. Barnabus Hospital in the Bronx after visiting survivors of the Sunday's Metro-North crash in the Bronx.
“I’m stunned,” said Kisook’s roommate “Hannah” Jung Heejung, 28, of Woodside. “I’m really shocked right now. “She was so nice. ”
She said Kisook was originally from South Korea, arrived in the U.S. about a year ago and worked the night shift as a nurse. According to Kisook’s LinkedIn page, she was a registered nurse at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn.
Ahn Kisook, of Queens, arrived in the U.S. a year ago and was working as a nurse in Brooklyn. She was among those killed in Sunday's Metro-North crash in the Bronx.
At Ferrari’s home in Montrose, family and friends asked for privacy.
“As of right now, the family would like to keep quiet and mourn his life,” said a man who identified himself as Vinnie and called himself a family friend.
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Rescue workers help Linda Smith from the overturned wreckage of derailed Metro-North train Sunday morning in the Bronx near the Spuyten Duyvil Station. Davis' sister, Donna Smith, was killed in the accident.
Smith’s neighbors remembered the paralegal as a hard-worker who was a committed volunteer and very close to her sister Linda, who may have been on the train with her.
“She worked very hard and she would spend her weekends with the Girl Scouts,” said Lynn Davis, 60, who lives next door.
Kathy Cerone, 69, said Smith loved reading.
“I picture her on the lawn reading books in the summertime,” Cerone said.
Cerone and Davis said Smith’s mother died two years ago, and their father a few years before that.
The sisters were inseparable, Cerone said. “They were like best friends and sisters . . . They did everything together.”
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