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COURIER LIFE, APRIL 22-28, 2022
Sunset Park residents hung fl owers around the entrance to the 36th Street subway station at a vigil one week after a gunman injured 29 people at the station. The
community is gathering together to take its fi rst steps forward after the attack disrupted the close-knit neighborhood. Photo by Paul Frangipane
BY JESSICA PARKS
& PAUL FRANGIPANE
Sunset Park elected offi cials,
community members, and faith
leaders are leading an effort for
healing in the community after
last week’s horrifi c subway
shooting, gathering to share
mental health resources, honor
those injured in the attack, and
call for an end to violence.
“I think it’s really important
to fi rst acknowledge we are sitting
with trauma and trauma
manifests in people very differently,”
said Councilmember
Alexa Avilés, who helped to organize
a “Day of Unity” on Saturday
afternoon. “It is important
for our community to understand
that there is no stigma in
the fact we are holding and sitting
with trauma and there are
resources for them.”
Avilés was joined by her state
counterpart Assemblymember
Marcela Mitaynes and several
community groups including
South Brooklyn Mutual Aid, the
Center for Family Life in Sunset
Park, and Mixteca.
“So many community organizations
and residents just really
agreed that this was so needed,”
Avilés said.
Frank James was arrested
last week after he allegedly
opened fi re on a northbound N
train on the morning of April 12,
injuring 29 people and causing a
horrifi c scene at the 36th Street
subway station, as passengers
funneled out of the train with
smoke pouring out behind them
after James detonated a smoke
grenade in the car. He was later
arraigned on terrorism charges
in federal court.
Most of the Sunset Park-based
organizations offered their own
activity whether it be arts and
crafts, spiritual healings or food
to help heal the body and souls of
their fellow residents. Neighbors
made and fl ew kites with South
Brooklyn Mutual Aid, enjoyed
sound baths with Ciara Ward,
and sewed lavender aromatherapy
bags with Mixteca.
“Everyone immediately recognized
they just wanted to be together
so within two days pretty
much every community-based
organization in the district said
‘yes, we want to support and we
will bring a table of things we
think will be helpful and additive,'”
Avilés said. “So there was
just so much variation around
the different ways that people
grieve and engage. I was just really
proud, I felt there was really
a lot for everyone there.”
On Monday evening, about
100 people gathered outside the
36th Street station on Fourth Avenue
with faith leaders and electeds
to pray for the victims and for
the neighborhood.
“We have so much going on
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