Sucks that he left a kid behind but a dumb ass choice cost him his life
Man killed in subway turnstile jump remembered as ‘loving’ dad to 4-year-old son
NYC man killed in subway turnstile remembered as 'loving' dad
The man who fatally
snapped his neck while jumping a subway turnstile in Queens is being remembered as “vibrant, loving” father of a 4-year-old boy.
Christopher De La Cruz, 28, was pronounced dead after the incident at the Forest Hills-71st Avenue train station in Queens early Sunday.
The sickening surveillance footage shows him trying to jump over a turnstile after he entered the subway station, initially falling and stumbling before losing his balance and crashing onto his head.
“Chris was a vibrant, loving, free-spirited character. He was a son, a father, a friend, and my brother,” Brian De La Cruz wrote in a GoFundMe page set up for the grieving family’s funeral costs.
“In the wake of his death I have been reminded why I have been so lucky to have been his brother. He was the kindest soul. He was loved by so many people and impacted everybody that he came across,” Brian continued.
The GoFund me page, which raised more than $16,000 of its $30,000 goal by Thursday morning, included a photo of a smiling Christopher with his beaming son sitting on his shoulders.
Another image shows the father and son on a merry-go-round.