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Family of 5, including 3 children, among the victims of the deadly NYC apartment fire

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Officials have released the names of the people who died from the weekend apartment building fire in the Bronx. The deaths of the 17 victims were all caused by smoke inhalation.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Now we hear the voices of people affected² by an apartment building fire in New York City. Seventeen people died from smoke inhalation. And among the victims was a family of five, including three children. NPR's Hansi Lo Wang spoke³ with some of their loved ones.

HANSI LO WANG, BYLINE⁴: Haja Dukureh and her husband, Haji, left Gambia more than a decade ago. And in their apartment in the Bronx, they raised 12-year-old Mustapha, 11-year-old Mariam and 5-year-old Fatoumata, who many called Fatima. Haji had a job at a fried chicken restaurant. And Haja worked 12-hour shifts as a home health aide and sent money to family back in West Africa, says Haja's aunt, Fatoumata Dukureh (ph).

FATOUMATA DUKUREH: She take care all of them, taking care of our mom, her siblings⁵. All the family depend on her. They're all depending on her.

WANG: She says she and her niece talked on the phone late into the night before Sunday's fire. After she heard about the blaze⁶, she tried to call Haja and her husband. When no one answered, she headed over to the building and found Haja's neighbors rushing out.

F DUKUREH: I'm asking people, do you guys see Haja? They telling me they don't see her. I'm crying. Like, I'm having a bad feeling. Like, I keep crying.

WANG: Eventually, Fatoumata got a call about a little girl who was taken to a hospital.

F DUKUREH: I didn't know that was Haja's daughter, Mariam until I look at her. It's Mariam. She's gone. Same thing Mustapha, gone. And Fatima, gone.

WANG: The next day, Fatoumata found out both Haja and Haji were gone from this world, too, and that she had lost someone who was not just her niece, but also her best friend.

F DUKUREH: Just a good person - good heart, clean heart. Love our family to the death.

WANG: Haja's cousin, Mariam Dukureh (ph), says she'll also miss the regular calls.

MARIAM DUKUREH: Haja love family. Haja like family too much.

WANG: Haja and Haji would often check in on her and her baby.

M DUKUREH: Every day, every day, call me.

WANG: Sometimes in the evening, right around bedtime, and sometimes at 6 in the morning to help her wake up and get ready for work.

M DUKUREH: Now I don't know who talking to me. I lost my family.

WANG: Many of the families are preparing for funeral services this week.

Hansi Lo Wang, NPR News, New York.

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1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

4 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

5 siblings   

n.兄弟，姐妹( sibling的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• A triplet sleeps amongst its two siblings. 一个三胞胎睡在其两个同胞之间。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She has no way of tracking the donor or her half-siblings down. 她没办法找到那个捐精者或她的兄弟姐妹。 来自时文部分

6 blaze   

n.火焰，火堆，火光，火灾；vi.燃烧，着火

参考例句：

• In a blaze of anger he shouted at them.他怒火中烧，对着他们大吼起来。
• Dry wood makes a good blaze.干木燃起夺目的光焰。