Yonkers remembers 10 students lost to violence, illness, mental health
Families of the 10 students were given bouquets of roses by their child’s school principals. Four of the 10, all 18 years old and recent graduates of Saunders Trade and Technical High School, were killed Dec. 22 when their car was hit by a vehicle driven by a Mount Vernon man seeking to evade police. “It’s extremely difficult [for a school community],” Roosevelt Principal Edward DeChent said at the assembly. “But when we pull together and we support each other and we support the family … it doesn’t make it easier, but it makes the pain slightly easier to bear.” Afterwards...
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