Wendy Ruderman

2 weeks ago | inquirer.com | Wendy Ruderman

The cremated remains of the six Mexican nationals who died aboard a medical jet that crashed in Northeast Philadelphia earlier this yearwere returned to loved ones in Mexico City on Friday, according to a spokesperson for the Consulate of Mexico in Philadelphia. A brief, somber ceremony to mark their departuretook place at 3 a.m. outside the Center City headquarters of the Consulate of Mexico.

1 month ago | inquirer.com | David Gambacorta |Michelle Myers |Wendy Ruderman

Franco Gomez llegó a casa con su familia a tiempo para la cena en un nublado viernes de enero. Otra agotadora semana trabajando como instalador de alfombras, ganando 130 dólares al día, había llegado a su fin. Escapando del frío húmedo que invadía su casa del noreste de Filadelfia, Gomez y su esposa, Carolina, se acurrucaron en una cama de doble plaza con sus dos hijos en uno de los dormitorios del segundo piso.

1 month ago | inquirer.com | David Gambacorta |Michelle Myers |Wendy Ruderman

Franco Gomez made it home to his family by dinnertime on a misty Friday in late January. Another exhausting week of working as a carpet installer, earning $130 a day, had drawn to a close. To escape a damp chill that had seeped into their Northeast Philadelphia rowhouse, Gomez and his wife, Carolina, cuddled in a queen-size bed with their two children in a second-floor bedroom, the warmest space in the house. The family started to watch a Netflix movie, The Princess Switch.

2 months ago | inquirer.com | Wendy Ruderman |David Gambacorta

A fireball had turned the night sky over the Roosevelt Mall an ominous shade of orange. On the ground, a figure emerged from a wall of flames and staggered across the mall’s asphalt parking lot toward Caseem Wongus. As the shape drew closer, Wongus realized it was a young boy — whose back was on fire. Other bystanders held up their phones and recorded; Wongus yanked off his black denim jacket, wrapped it around the boy’s shoulders, and tamped out the flames.

2 months ago | inquirer.com | Wendy Ruderman

Steven Dreuitt Jr., who died Jan. 31 in the Northeast Philadelphia plane crash, loved playing video games with his two sons, vacationing with his fiancée, food and cooking at his job at the Philadelphia Catering Company. His family always came first. “Outside of work Steven enjoyed the simpler things in life and focused on what really mattered,” the service program reads.