BP MARKOWITZ STATEMENT ON CONNECTICUT ACCIDENT THAT LEFT TWO YESHIVA STUDENTS FROM FLATBUSH DEAD, 9 OTHERS INJURED

“It is with profound sadness that we learned of the passing today of two yeshiva bochurim from Flatbush after the van in which they were riding rolled down an embankment on Interstate 84 in Connecticut. In addition to the deaths of Dani King and Eli Schonbrun, both of East 31st Street and previously students at Yeshiva Tiferes Yisroel of Flatbush, the accident left eight other students and the bus driver—all from Brooklyn—injured as they traveled to Yeshiva Ateres Shmuel in Waterbury following a weekend in Brooklyn. The prayers and thoughts of all Brooklynites and New Yorkers are with the families of Dani and Eli as they prepare for services back home in Borough Park, and we hope for a speedy recovery for those that were hurt in this terrible tragedy.”