Two New York City Teachers Among Those Killed During Sandy

NEW YORK—Two teachers were among the dozens who perished during Superstorm Sandy, according to the city teacher’s union publication.

Jessie Streich-Kest, a 24-year-old special education teacher at the Bushwick School for Social Justice in Brooklyn, was crushed by a tree while walking her dog on Oct. 29, according to the New York Teacher.

Henry Sullivan, 57, a medical science teacher at Brooklyn’s Abraham Lincoln High School, perished in his Far Rockaway home after going into the basement to turn off the gas—never re-emerging.

“We suffered a great loss … a teacher, colleague, and friend,” wrote colleague Sarah Fanning, according to the publication. Fanning and others at the school are collecting memories into a book and will present it to Sullivan’s wife.

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