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Posted by italianstallion on Mon Sep 3 23:17:43 2012, in response to Re: Update(Re: West Indian Day Parade Ends With NO Violence Or Arrests), posted by Train Dude on Mon Sep 3 23:14:46 2012. Since you asked - in 1997: http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/nation/exclusive-st-patricks-day-parade-beating-death-of-bronx-teen-still-lingers-for-familyIt has been 15 years since her son was beaten to death by a group of teenagers at the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Manhattan, but a mother’s grief still remains. “You never get over it,” says 67-year-old Patricia Sarti of Yorktown Heights. “My husband died a year and a half ago, and never spoke about it. It killed him.” Michael Sarti was just 17 years old when he encountered a group of young men near Madison Avenue and 59th Street. The altercation broke-out shortly after 2 p.m. just one block east of the parade route, where thousands of revelers had turned out to watch the marchers make their way up Fifth Avenue. Sarti was kicked and beaten so viciously, the impact ruptured an artery in his brain stem. He bled inside his skull and remained in a coma for three weeks on life-support before dying, never regaining consciousness. “15 years later, I’m still mourning my son,” says Patricia Sarti. “I moved away from the Bronx because I didn’t want to see Mikey’s friends grow up and get married and have kids.” The Sarti family has since relocated from the Throgs Neck section of the Bronx to Yorktown Heights in northern Westchester County. She says her son never made it to his 18th birthday and says had he survived; he would have turned 33 on April 30. “It’s forgotten. It’s yesterday’s news," says Sarti. "I don’t think anything has changed.” Her older son, 46-year-old James Watt, was a New York City Department of Correction Officer in 1997 who happened to be marching in that St. Patrick’s Day Parade at the same time his younger brother was attacked. "I could have been there to help my brother as he lay dying in the street," said Watt, who is still grieving in disbelief 15 years later. The teenagers accused in the brutal attack, then 16-year-old Thomas Warnock, 18-year-old Jason Andrade and 19-year-old James Wiffin, now adults, faced the most serious charges ranging from murder to gang assault. A grand jury indicted Jason Andrade of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn on charges of second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter. Two other teens were charged with inciting the crowd and received probation. Three adults, including two New York City Traffic Enforcement Agents and one German tourist who videotaped some parts of the footage from the beating, testified at the three week trial that ended in Androde's acquittal. |
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