A 24-year-old woman due to give birth early next week is mourning her husband, who was killed in the deadly Brooklyn building collapse. She has not yet found the words to tell their 4-year-old son that his father is gone.
Nataly Magaly Llumitasig told The Post on Friday about the devastating moment she learned that her 26-year-old husband, Jose Luis Caguana Cosquillo, had died. She said he had been thrilled about the imminent arrival of their second child.
“He was so excited about the baby. He would say, ‘Oh my God, my baby is coming,’” Llumitasig said.
“His friend from work called me and said there was an accident. He told me my husband was not breathing,” the young widow recalled.
“I went straight to the hospital. He had already passed away.
“I saw him. I was crying. I touched his face and told him, ‘I love you. I’m going to miss you a lot,’” Llumitasig said.
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“Right now, my heart is broken.”
Llumitasig, who immigrated to the United States from Ecuador a decade ago, said she does not know how to explain Cosquillo’s death to their 4-year-old son, Nathan. Cosquillo immigrated six years ago.
“My son doesn’t know anything. I don’t know how to tell him. I’m going to ask the school counselor how to explain it to him,” Llumitasig said.
Her husband was one of eight people killed when the three-story Flatbush building suddenly collapsed into a construction site Wednesday.
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