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Advocates hold prayer vigil in Brooklyn for woman burned alive on F train, demand officials stem violence on subways

By Ethan Stark-Miller Posted on December 27, 2024

Community advocates gathered at Brooklyn’s Coney Island Stillwell Avenue subway station on Thursday afternoon to mourn a woman who was burned to death in the station on Sunday morning.

The Thursday afternoon prayer vigil, hosted by activist Rev. Kevin McCall, was held to commemorate the yet-to-be-identified woman who died after being set on fire while she was sleeping aboard a stationary F train at the Stillwell Avenue station early on Dec. 22.

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Advocates hold prayer vigil in Brooklyn for woman burned alive on F train, demand officials stem violence on subways

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