Child Passes Away After Falling from a Porch

TRAGEDY: A 5-year-old boy has passed away after falling from a balcony on Wallabout Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

The tragic incident occurred at around 7:45pm on Wallabout Street near Lee Avenue where a 5-year-old child fell from a balcony, with some reports saying it was as high as the fifth floor.

The victim was identified as 5-year-old Shimon Yisroel Meisels OBM, grandson of Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Meisels, the Shopron Rov of Williamsburg.

Frantic efforts by rescue personal to save the child were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead by doctors at Brooklyn Hospital.

Compounding this terrible tragedy is reports that the mother of this child also passed away due to a battler with a terminal illness just two years ago.

Volunteers from Chesed Shel Emes cleaned up the scene and made sure that proper Kavod Hames was given.

The circumstances surrounding this incident is currently under investigation.

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7 Comments

  • BD"E

    .So, so sad.
    May the family be comforted among the mourners of Tzion vYerushalayim

  • BDE

    Terrible story.
    May Hashem comfort the family, and may they only see reveled good from now on.
    Sholom Yisroel A”h’s uncly, is (yblc”h) R’ Dovid Moshe Meisels, one of the most prominent Lubavitcher chasidim on Borough park.

  • crown heights

    unfortanerly i saw on my block on shabbos 2 littel boys and 1 littel girl out of the window standing on bars playing there.
    its is so dangerous please dont let you kids hang out of the windows even with bars