Wounds of Bronx fire felt half a world away in the Gambia
by Omar Wally in Allunhari and Emmanuel Akinwotu from World news | The Guardian on (#5V1V9)
People in two tiny West Africa towns are stunned by the deaths of sisters, nephews and mothers in a tight-knit immigrant community
Early on Sunday morning, Ebrima Dukureh, 60, answered a phone call at his home in the Gambian town of Allunhari.
It was his nephew, Haji Dukureh, 49, calling from New York City, to check in - as he often did. The two men caught up on news, asked after each other's families and exchanged blessings.
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