GERRY SMITH
APPLE
PICKING
His phone was one of his most
prized possessions, she said.
He fought to get it back because
he didn’t want to lose the music and photos it contained. “It
was his own little world on that
phone,” she said.
Looking back on that night,
however, Herald wishes he had
kept sleeping. “I would have
woken up and the phone would
have been gone and I could have
replaced it,” he said. “It’s not
worth a life.”
HUFFINGTON
03.24.13
A FAMILY’S GRIEF
Hwangbum Yang’s life began in
South Korea. In 1999, his parents
moved him and his younger sister, Sunah, to New York City. His
father, Kyung Sik Yang, works at
a dry cleaner in Westchester. His
mother, Hyun Sup Yang, works at
an elder-care facility. They live in
a modest two-story house behind
the family’s dry cleaners in the
Riverdale section of the Bronx.
Hwangbum taught Sunday school
at his church. While his parents
worked late, he took care of his
younger sister. He worked with
a private tutor to learn English,
Hwangbum
Yang’s
parents hold
up photos of
their son.