It occurred simply earlier than 10:30 a.m. on West 133rd Road, on the boy’s aunt’s condominium.
Authorities say Daniel Galeas fell from a rear window of the constructing, right into a stairwell that goes into the basement within the again courtyard.
Galeas was rushed to NYC Well being + Hospitals/Harlem, the place he was pronounced useless.
On Friday night time, the Harlem group got here collectively to wish as they remembered the younger boy.
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The NYPD is wanting a chunk of cardboard positioned between the air conditioner and the wall, because the boy was apparently leaping on the mattress when he fell.
At this level, it’s being investigated as an accident.
His grandmother, Maria Rivera, tells Eyewitness Information the boy’s 4th birthday would have been Monday.
She mentioned the aunt was watching him and different youngsters from the household, together with siblings and cousins.
The boy’s mom works as a safety guard within the Bronx, and he or she was at her job on the time.
Neighbor Geraldo Busanet ran over to assist and mentioned it was excuriating to see.
“I simply began crying as a result of I see him respiratory,” he mentioned. “I simply broke down. I bought grandkids, you recognize?”
He says he considered them and the way this tragic accident may have been prevented.
“Particularly should you’re conscious that the A/C bought cardboard, and you bought the mattress proper beneath,” he mentioned. “Oh God, it may have been averted. It simply may have been averted.”
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The Clergy Liason for NYPD Group Affairs visited with the grieving household.
“You allow your youngster with a member of the family, then you have to discover out that your youngster is not right here any extra,” NYPD Chaplain Robert Rice mentioned. “So I am getting ready myself to have the correct phrases to say to this mom.”
Police say all the opposite home windows within the condominium had bars on them, however not that bed room window with the air conditioner unit and damaged panels.
Constructing supers are legally obligated to ensure these air conditioners are correctly put in and secured, but it surely’s attainable that the panels broke someday after that.
The investigation is ongoing.
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