Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Island Of The Dead Gets New Life As Mourners Visit Graves For First Time "They call it a 'mass grave.' But this is New York City."


NEW YORK -- “Is it your birthday?” the man asked Rosalee Grable.
“No,” Grable answered, as she sipped coffee in a tiny diner on City Island. She had no appetite, and her stomach was twisted in knots. At her side sat a bouquet of fresh flowers -- the reason the man in the nearby booth thought she might be celebrating.
“I'm about to see my mother for the first time since she was buried," she said.

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