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Photos: Officials Hold Ecuador Earthquake Vigil at Maria Hernandez Park

Borough President Eric Adams and other elected officials led a candlelight vigil in Bushwick's Maria Hernandez Park Wednesday night in remembrance of the victims of the 7

Photos: Officials Hold Ecuador Earthquake Vigil at Maria Hernandez Park
Emilie Ruscoe for Bushwick Daily.

Photos: Officials Hold Ecuador Earthquake Vigil at Maria Hernandez Park

Borough President Eric Adams and other elected officials led a candlelight vigil in Bushwick's Maria Hernandez Park Wednesday night in remembrance of the victims of the 7

Photos: Officials Hold Ecuador Earthquake Vigil at Maria Hernandez Park
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Emilie Ruscoe for Bushwick Daily.
Emilie Ruscoe for Bushwick Daily.

Borough President Eric Adams and other elected officials led a candlelight vigil in Bushwick’s Maria Hernandez Park Wednesday night in remembrance of the victims of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake which struck Ecaudor on Sunday, killing at least 480 people and injuring thousands. The South American country has not experienced an earthquake this devastating since a 7.7 magnitude quake hit in 1979.

Many residents of Bushwick have ties to Ecuador. The neighborhood holds…

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