A 95-year-old woman who survived the Nazis, Chernobyl and Covid was fatally struck by a car as she crossed the street outside her Brooklyn home last week.
According to the New York Police Department, Maya Gill was found in front of her apartment at around 12:40 p.m. I was walking down Cropsy Avenue.
The health aide was hospitalized in stable condition, but Gill succumbed to her injuries and died. The NYPD added that the driver has not been arrested or charged.
Gil, a native of Khmelnytskyi in western Ukraine, had moved with his mother and brother when he was 12 years old to escape the invading Nazis. 2020 New York Times article. She eventually met her husband Vilyam in Kiev and gave birth to twin daughters while living under Soviet rule.
Then, when the devastating Chernobyl nuclear disaster occurred in Ukraine in 1986, one of Gil's daughters picked up and moved to New York City. Six years later, the rest of the family followed and soon found their roots in Bensonhurst.
Daughter Larissa, who spearheaded her family's immigration to the United States, died in 2013 at age 58 Fighting late-stage pancreatic cancer. Because Gil's family originally couldn't afford a burial plan, they were included in the New York Times' “Poor Case Fund” and were able to help give Larissa the resting place she deserved.
Gil's husband Viryam passed away in 2020 after contracting Covid-19 during the pandemic.
But Gil was a survivor through it all, moving forward through dedication to her family and involvement in the Bensonhurst community. gossamist.
“Everyone knows her. She was a very active woman,” Liznova told the outlet.
Gil’s granddaughter Natasha Famisetti added:
“Nothing gave me more joy than being around her family.”
