A hero of the 9/11 New York terror attacks has died from coronavirus just 12 days before his brother also died from the disease. The double tragedy saw Ralph and Nicholas Gismondi, originally from Queens, New York, die of the illness. Nicholas Gismondi, 65, did not learn of his brother's death until he himself was in hospital with the virus. Nicholas Gismondi, 65, who was pillar of the community in Westlake, New Jersey. Then just 18 days later, less than two weeks after his brother Ralph died of coronavirus, Nicholas too succumbed to it.

Source: Daily Mail September 28, 2020 13:37 UTC