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Family member describes Priya's devastation and household grief

New York City Council · Jul 15, 2026 · starts 0:33:43 · 1 min 23 sec

A family member continues describing Priya's devastation, how she watched Romanch take his last breath, and how their house went from the energy of Disneyland to a graveyard.

Member of the Public

Thank you, everyone.

Member of the Public

I just...

Member of the Public

I just want to say that when this whole incident happened, the entire family was helpless.

Member of the Public

When the horse bolted, they were helpless.

Member of the Public

When Romange fell, they were helpless.

Member of the Public

His mom telling us that he literally took his last breath in front of her, and she said he was breathing in front of me, but he couldn't open his eyes, and they were helpless.

Member of the Public

At least now.

Member of the Public

with all of your effort and the efforts of everybody in this room, including the speaker and all of you guys, maybe you can pass the law to be a help to them.

Member of the Public

Their house literally went from

Member of the Public

They have kids everywhere to have an energy of a Disneyland to becoming like an energy of a graveyard.

Member of the Public

That's the energy that they're living with because that's what they are going through every single day.

Member of the Public

Thank you again.

Lynn C. Schulman

Okay, thank you very much.

Lynn C. Schulman

Are there...

Lynn C. Schulman

Did you or you're...

Lynn C. Schulman

Good.