{"id":423803,"date":"2025-12-04T09:25:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T09:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/423803\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T09:25:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T09:25:19","slug":"nycs-hong-kong-community-mourns-victims-of-high-rise-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/423803\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC&#8217;s Hong Kong community mourns victims of high-rise fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Bensonhurst, Cantonese hymns filled Seth Low Park, as dozens gathered to remember the victims of Hong Kong\u2019s devastating high-rise fire in Bensonhurst on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Larry He says the day carries deep cultural meaning.<\/p>\n<p><b>What You Need To Know<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dozens gathered to remember the victims of Hong Kong&#8217;s devastating high-rise fire in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, on Wednesday<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Officials in Hong Kong say almost 160 people were killed in the blaze, with the youngest at just 1-year-old<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>The city is home to more than 34,000 Hong Kong-born residents<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cToday is the seventh day of the Hong Kong fire tragedy, which in Asian culture, the seventh day is the day of mourning,\u201d He said.<\/p>\n<p>In many Asian traditions, the seventh day is believed to be when the spirits of the dead return home, a final moment for families and communities to grieve together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is particularly tough for us to digest what happened,\u201d He said.<\/p>\n<p>The city is home to more than 34,000 Hong Kong-born residents. The pain in Brooklyn feels close, even from nearly 8,000 miles away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen they see that video, seven buildings burned down. It feels like [they\u2019ll] never be able to recover,\u201d Councilmember Susan Zhuang said.<\/p>\n<p>Officials in Hong Kong say almost 160 people were killed in the blaze, with the youngest at just 1-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators have arrested more than a dozen people, including contractors accused of disabling fire alarms during renovations on the building.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very important that we come together and show we are united,\u201d Queens resident Bernard Chow said.<\/p>\n<p>Crews are continuing to look for the people still missing as investigators continue to search for answers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In Bensonhurst, Cantonese hymns filled Seth Low Park, as dozens gathered to remember the victims of Hong Kong\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":423804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,12170,7448,1121,21400,405,403,50,5226,5225,5228,5227,5292,52,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,5284],"class_list":{"0":"post-423803","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-app-public-safety","10":"tag-app-top-stories","11":"tag-brooklyn","12":"tag-louis-finley","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-newyork","17":"tag-newyorkcity","18":"tag-ny","19":"tag-nyc","20":"tag-public-safety","21":"tag-top-stories","22":"tag-united-states","23":"tag-united-states-of-america","24":"tag-unitedstates","25":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","26":"tag-us","27":"tag-usa","28":"tag-vod"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115660581930093796","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}