MIAMI – A vigil mass was celebrated Tuesday for a South Florida university student who died in a boating incident on Sunday in close proximity to Boca Chita Essential.
The crash transpired just in advance of 7 p.m. when the operator of the boat hit a channel marker and it capsized.
“Police arrived initially and pulled persons out of the drinking water – some of them have been essential. They were being taken to Elliot Critical Island the place air rescue landed and transported important clients,” claims Miami-Dade Fireplace Rescue Captain, Juan Garrandes.
Eleven of the 14 men and women on the boat ended up injured in the crash.
Lucy Fernandez, 17, a scholar at Our Woman of Lourdes Academy, died as the outcome of her accidents.
Those who knew her mentioned she was an honor scholar, deep in her faith, and will be enormously missed. Tuesday’s vigil mass wqas held at the Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart.
On Monday, her classmates and friends came collectively for a rosary prayer.
“She was just like a ray of sunshine. I am putting on yellow now because that was her favored color. I believe she signifies all the things yellow implies, just joy, a ray of sunshine,” explained a friend of Fernandez.
The Archdiocese of Miami introduced a statement that examine in part:
“At this second, and in the times to arrive, you should maintain each family affected in your prayers, and may well all know of the presence of God, in particular for the duration of this journey.”
Boca Chica Vital is within Biscayne Countrywide Park.
