NYC nursing residence resident crushed to demise by 95-year-old dementia affected person ID’d as Holocaust survivor

A Coney Island nursing residence resident allegedly crushed to demise by a 95-year-old dementia affected person was ID’d by police – because the sufferer’s daughter remembered her as a Holocaust survivor who gave all of it for her household.

Nina Kravtsov, 89, was mortally injured when the unidentified fellow resident of Seagate Rehabilitation and Nursing Heart bludgeoned her with a steel wheelchair piece simply after 10 p.m. Sunday, in keeping with cops and legislation enforcement sources.

Kravstov – discovered mendacity in mattress with a bleeding head wound – was rushed to NYU Brooklyn Hospital, the place she was initially listed in vital situation, cops and sources mentioned.

She succumbed to her accidents a number of hours later, early Monday, cops mentioned.

“Proper now I’m grieving….the circumstances of how [my mother] died,” Kravtsov’s daughter, Lucy Flom, informed The Submit when reached by cellphone Tuesday.

Flom remembered her mom as a Holocaust survivor who sacrificed for the great of her family members.

“She was 5-years outdated when she was within the ghetto. She had an enormous household. She misplaced most of her household.”

Kravtsov launched a nursing profession in Ukraine, the place “everyone beloved her,” and she or he was additionally a teen mother, her daughter mentioned.

“She sacrificed loads,” Flom mentioned. “She was a single mother. She had me when she was 18.

“She got here right here to present me training,” she added. “She was a really devoted mom.”

“She was a pleasant girl. She was like many mothers – very loving, caring, devoted.”

Flom mentioned her mom later remarried because the daughter gained a stepbrother and stepsister.

“She was a mother to all of us,” Flom mentioned. “We’re simply grieving.”

Kravtsov additionally had many buddies in Brighton Seashore – the place she lived for years – a few of whom have since handed away, her daughter mentioned.

“All of them beloved her,” Flom mentioned. “I beloved her, too.”

Kravtsov moved to the nursing residence about 5 years in the past after the demise of her husband, her former neighbors in Brighton Seashore informed The Submit.

“She lived right here for a really very long time,” one resident mentioned. “When her husband handed, she was dwelling alone and her daughter took her to the nursing residence.”

Following the lethal assault, the older senior was taken to Coney Island Hospital for each a bodily and psychiatric analysis, sources mentioned.

She remained on the hospital Tuesday as cops conferred with the Brooklyn District Legal professional’s Workplace about what – if any – fees she ought to face, the sources mentioned.

The wheelchair piece she allegedly used within the brutal assault was mendacity on the pavement simply outdoors the ability behind blue crime scene tape Monday afternoon.