Mohamed Kamara's wife and two daughters, one of whom is 9 months old, are among at least eight people who remain hospitalized nearly two weeks after the Twin Parks fire. “You just have to keep praying,” Kamara said. “You don’t know what might come after.”
Three of those patients are being treated at Jacobi Medical Center and are in serious condition, a spokesperson for the hospital said. Five were being cared for at New York Presbyterian, a spokesperson said, declining to comment on their conditions.
“These families are still going through [this]. They’re still very much in need of continued prayers,” said Sheikh Musa Drammeh, from the Islamic Cultural Center of the Bronx, who was acting as a community coordinator for people affected by the blaze. “They’re looking forward to brighter days ahead. The community in general is praying. But at the same time, we're also preparing for the worst, in case the worst becomes reality.
“You start blaming yourself,” he said. “Why did you go to work? [But] you know you have to go to work.”