Brooklyn security guard killed in Midtown mass shooting laid to rest as a hometown hero
Aland was Haitian immigrant who came here and contributed to this country in small and big ways,” 32BJ SEIU President Manny Pastreich said; Etienne was a member of the labor union. “He represents what immigrants do every single day in this country.”
More than 150 family, friends, and public figures gathered to remember, honor and lay to rest on Saturday a Brooklyn security guard killed in last month’s Midtown mass shooting.
Aland Etienne, 46, was working as a security officer, employed by McLane Security, at 345 Park Ave. on July 28 when he was one of four people murdered in the rampage. He was stationed at the front desk of the high-profile building, the first face so many visitors see in this home to high-profile companies such as Blackstone and the NFL.
Etienne’s friends and family packed a room at the Guarino Funeral Home in Canarsie on Saturday for his funeral. A large Haitian contingent, many Canarsie residents, friends, and family from Florida and elsewhere attended. A flat screen hanging from the ceiling showed pictures of him and his family during the solemn, sorrowful service.
Mayor Eric Adams and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries paid their respects to the family, and Queens Assembly Member and mayoral candidate Zohran Mandami paid his respects and attended the funeral service.
The slain guard’s son, Ralandy Lucien Etienne, was among the pallbearers who helped carry Aland Etienne’s casket to the black hearse for the final journey in a life that brought him from Haiti to the United States.
He was engaged to Rachelle Paoli, with whom he had been together since teenagers and lived with for eight years, since his arrival in the United States.
Brooklyn security guard killed in Midtown mass shooting laid to rest as a hometown hero | amNewYork
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