20-year-old Joseph Graham’s aunt confirmed to WMAR-2 News that the body found on Tuesday was her nephew.
20 YEAR OLD JOSEPH GRAHAMCONFIRMED CREWS PULLED HBODY OUT OF THE RUBBLEOVERNIGHT.
WMAR-2 NEWS RAYSTRICKLAND BEGINS OUR LIVETEAM COVERAGE FROM THE SCENE.AND RAY YOU SPOKE TO HIS AUNTAND HIS BEST FRIEND BOTHOBVIOUSLY DEVASTATED OVER THELOSSAND FOR THE FAMILY THIS IS ALLSO SUDDEN.
BECAUSE THE DAYBEFORE THE EXPLOSION JOSEPHATTENDED HIS BEST FRIENDBIRTHDAY PARTY.
LAUGHING ANDHAVING A GOOD TIME NOW THEYBROUGHT TO TEARS MOURNING THELOSS OF A YOUNG MAN HADMUCH POTENTIAL.16 20 06“I”Derrick Evans is 20 year oldJoseph GrahamBoth pictured here duringtheir 5th grade graduation.Evans birthday was the day ofthe explosion.
But, during atime meant for celebrationhea friend who was more like hisbrother.
16 22 59“He hadambition.
That you canteach&” 16 19 49“To loseyour bestfriend on yourbirthday.
Its toug” Grahamaunt sunshine evans says hewas spending the night overhis cousins house whenlabryinth road gas explosiondestroyed it and two other inNorthwest Baltimore The familyfound out more than 10 hourslater that he was gone whenhis body was pulled from therubble over night.
16 19 1“Itwas an emotional rollercoasterlast night for our family” 1619 34“Everyone is hurt.Everyone is hurt” Evandescribes him as a great kid.She said he graduated frhigh school with honors andWas pursing an engineeringdegree at Morgan Stateuniversity.
16 21 2“Icouldnbetter best friend.
He wasvaledictorian of fifth grade,eight grade perfect attendancehonor roll.
He was justgreat kid” The loss is stillhard to stomach but the familytakes comfort in knowing thathe made their lives better.
1621 36“Life was just beginningfor him.
He was getting readyto soar and to lose him insuch a tragic incident itshurtful for all of us and itsso all of a sudden”AND RIGHT NOW THERE'S NOW WORDON FUNERAL SERVICE FOR GRAHAM.OF COURSE THE FAMILY IS STILPROCESSING EVERYTHING THATHAPPENED THERE WERE TWO OTHERPEOPLE IN THE HOME WITH GRAHAMBUT THEY ARE OKAY RECOVERINGIN THE HOSPITAL LIVE INNORTHWEST BALTIMORE, RAYSTRICKLAND, WMAR-2 NEWS.THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG ANDDIFFICULT ROAD TO RECOVERBUT AS THE DUST CONTIN
A funeral for Joseph Graham, a 20-year-old Morgan State student who died in the Baltimore gas explosion, will be held Wednesday.
A Morgan State University rising sophomore was among those killed in a natural gas explosion in northwest Baltimore Monday morning.
