From the New York Post:
"Friends were stunned to learn of the death of the Brooklyn native remembered for his gentle, introspective nature.
"He was a good kid, he'd help anyone out," said pal Ronald Jean. "He wanted to be a teacher. He talked about going back to school. He loved reading, and he wrote his own poetry."
Damour's mom, Marie Telismond, spent many years working as a housekeeper at the famed Pierre Hotel on Fifth Avenue before returning to her native Haiti.
She was flying in from Port-au-Prince last night to make arrangements to bury her son.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/11292008/news/regionalnews/victims_life_a_struggle_141388.htm