NEW YORK (AP) - Workers at a midtown restaurant are mourning a young line cook who was among the victims of the explosion that destroyed two buildings in East Harlem.
Police have identified 22-year-old Rosaura Hernandez as one of the victims of Wednesday’s blast.
Hernandez worked at Triomphe Restaurant in the Iroquois Hotel.
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Hotel general manager Robert Holmes called Hernandez’s death “truly a terrible loss.”
Holmes said Hernandez was at the restaurant just under two years. He said she started as an intern and became a line cook when a position opened up.
He said she was “calm, cool and collected” in the demanding restaurant environment.
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