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I never knew you, I had just come across your story. It made me tear up. You are a brave and beautiful person. Rest in eternal peace.
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November 13, 2023
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Yamel Merino
Yonkers, New York
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Yamel Merino had a soft, sweet voice and a gentle smile, yet she could be as strong as a bull. She had to lift heavy patients onto gurneys in her job as an emergency medical technician. She knew her job was dangerous. Every night, she prayed for God to protect her 8-year-old son, whom she was raising on her own.
She felt most fulfilled when she was helping people. She was one of the first people to reach the trade center complex before the first building collapsed.
The 24-year-old mother lived with her son in Yonkers. Her big goal was to return to school to become a nurse. She had struggled mightily to get where she was. She didn't finish high school, though she eventually got her general equivalency diploma. She had worked at Metrocare, an ambulance company, for more than three years. A close friend recalls she had been nervous about whether she would get the job. She need not have worried. "They loved her," said the friend, Maureen Niciu.
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Yamel I remember standing outside of Metro Care Ambulance and talking to you in your Jeep like it was yesterday. You are never forgotten the sacrifice that you made doing your job. I remember being at your funeral crying and it was like you were there saying it's ok. I'm ok. I remember standing at the Trade Center on 09/11/2001 after the Towers fell and we learned of what happened to you. This world may forget but I will always remember your sacrifice. God bless you!! Heroic Angel!! RIP
Robin Haynes
July 27, 2019 | Valencia, CA | Coworker
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I plan on doing the memorial 9/11 stair climb again this year, in honor of Yamel, like I did last year. God bless
Katie Meyer
July 26, 2019 | Columbus, OH | Coworker
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We miss and love you. Until we meet again
Laina Rivera
September 11, 2016 | Yonkers, NY
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Every September,I wear a 9/11 Memorial Bracelet with Yamel Merino's name-I never met her,but her story touched me deeply. I share her with anyone that asks about my bracelet,and pray for her family and thank God for her bravery.
Charlotte Parrott
September 09, 2016 | NY
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I rememeber the days, At Montefiore. You would ask when I was going to work at metrorcare. You lit up the patients with a smile. We both worked at Metrocare and were partners twice. I pray everyday for God to keep you close. There really are no words. Milton EMT 911.
Milton Torres
October 10, 2015 | Bronx, NY
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In Memory
With Honor & Respect.
S J. Friscia III
November 21, 2014 | Staten Island, NY
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This was the first time we were attacked and ambushed on our own soil since the attack on Pearl Harbor. Yamel like many other Americans answered the call just as the Americans at Pearl Harbor did 60 years before. Yamel you will never be forgotten and will always be remembered. September 11th 2001 and December 7th 1941 are dates that will live in infamy.
Bernard Bohl
September 11, 2013 | Albany, NY
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Rest in Peace . I miss you so much. One day .... love you
Laina
September 11, 2013
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