Thousands mourn loss of Officer Miosotis Familia at Bronx funeral

[BeyondGeography]

Genesis Villella, tears rolling down her face and her arms wrapped around her young siblings, delivered a heartbreaking account of their mother’s final goodbye.

By the time she finished, the 4,000 or so mourners inside a Bronx church wept along with her at the deeply emotional funeral for executed NYPD Officer Miosotis Familia.

As the clock neared midnight on the Fourth of July, Familia gave her daughter two big hugs while Villella pinched her mom’s cheeks.

“And I said, ‘Can I have one more hug?’ ” Villella recalled as she wept. “And she said, ‘Of course you can.’ And I said, ‘I love you so much, mom. I’ll see you tomorrow.’ ”

The 20-year-old never saw her mother alive again — but she clings to their final encounter.

“I know when she went to work that night, when she sat in that (NYPD) truck, she had me and my siblings in her heart,” the daughter declared inside the World Changers Church.

“She wasn’t upset or afraid or nervous,” Villella said, clutching 12-year-old twins Peter and Delilah to her side. “I know she passed with love in her heart. With our love in her heart.”

More at http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/thousands-mourn-loss-officer-miosotis-familia-bronx-funeral-article-1.3317954

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2. May she rest in peace.