E-bike batteries like the one found in the Twin Parks apartment complex are directly responsible for six deaths so far this year but was not the cause of the Jan. 9 fire, FDNY officials said.
Sera Janneh, a 27-year-old sophomore psychology major at Lehman College, died in the 19-story Twin Parks North West apartment fire in the Bronx on Jan. 9. “As we share in the profound sadness of our CUNY colleagues at Lehman College, our Baruch College community offers our sincere condolences to the Janneh Family and acknowledges the.
Weeks after a three-alarm fire enveloped a Bronx apartment building, six families have aligned to take action. Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump has signed on
Some, if not all of the deaths could likely have been prevented if the high rise’s owners had addressed known safety issues, including malfunctioning doors that should have closed automatically and windows that did not open, the new suit argues.