DALY CITY, Calif. (KMAX/KOVR) – Loved ones are pausing to remember two of the seven victims killed in the fireworks explosion in the northern California town of Esparto.
They were together the night of the tragic accident and were laid to rest side-by-side.
Their caskets were painted beautifully, surrounded by flowers and family.
It was the final goodbye Monday to the Ramos brothers.
Loved ones are holding on to the memories.
“My cousins were very loved by a lot of people in the community. They will always still be loved,” Alexis Hernandez remembered of her cousins.
Twenty-two-year-old Jhony Ramos Jr. was the devoted big brother.
Eighteen-year-old Jesus Ramos was working his first day on the job at the fireworks facility on the night of the explosion.
“We want to live their legacy to the fullest. They get to really live their lives to how they wanted to, especially Jesus. He has a baby on the way,” Hernandez added. “We are going to make sure that baby is taken care of.”
Members of the Esparto community who didn’t know the brothers, but may feel a bond toward the family since the blast, came to show support.
“Unfortunately, this is what is going to put Esparto on the map is this tragedy, but that’s when people come together is when there is tragedy,” neighbor Laura Thomas said. “The community has all come together through this.”
Both as babies and young men, they’re remembered with bright smiles. That, and the love they lived with, will last as their legacy.
More than $60,000 was raised in an online fundraiser to support the Ramos family and to help with their funerals.
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