Gender-reveal device explodes, killing man outside Catskills Christopher Mele, New York Times Feb. 22, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 In an undated image provided to The New York Times, Christopher Pekny. Penky, who was expecting his first child, was killed on Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021, and his brother was injured when a device they were preparing for a gender-reveal party exploded in a garage in the Catskills in New York, the authorities said. (via The New York Times)HANDOUT/New York TimesShow MoreShow Less 2of5 In an undated image provided to The New York Times, Christopher, Peter and Michael Pekny. Christopher Pekny, who was expecting his first child, was killed on Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021, and his brother, Michael, was injured when a device they were preparing for a gender-reveal party exploded in a garage in the Catskills in New York, the authorities said. (via The New York Times)HANDOUT/New York TimesShow MoreShow Less