"Amira and her mother, Zilola, came to the United States several years ago from Uzbekistan in search of a better life,"
"Zilola is a single mother who raised her daughter alone and dedicated her entire life to her. Amira was everything to her - the meaning of her life, her joy, and the most precious person in the world."
"Today, Zilola is going through the worst thing a mother can experience - the loss of her only child, far from her homeland, far from her loved ones, with a pain that cannot be expressed in words,"
"Nothing can heal this wound. Nothing can replace Amira's smile, her laughter, her life."
Eleven-year-old Amira Aminova was struck and dragged by a yellow school bus while crossing Bath and 23rd Aves. in Bath Beach around 3 p.m. after buying chocolate. Police tracked down and stopped driver Wawa Aurelus a short distance away and charged him with failure to yield and failure to exercise due care; Aurelus, 62, received a desk appearance ticket and is expected to answer the charges. Amira lived down the block from the crash site. Her mother Zilola, an Uzbek immigrant and single parent, seeks to return Amira's body to Uzbekistan. A fundraiser organized by Saykhuna Artikova has raised over $29,000 for funeral and repatriation costs. Video shows Amira crossing at a crosswalk with a green light and a blinking red countdown when the turning bus veered into her path.
Read at New York Daily News
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