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Beloved NYCHA worker killed in nor’easter by falling tree just spoke about life’s unpredictability
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- Sep 27, 2026, 9:18 PM UTC
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Leighton Brown, the NYCHA worker killed by a falling tree during Saturday’s nor’easter, had an eerily prescient final conversation about the frailty of life with one of his neighbors before heading out to work.
A NYCHA employee was killed when a tree fell on him in Brooklyn on Saturday.