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<\/p>\nGay Couple of 21 Years Killed in Miami Pedestrian Bridge Collapse<\/b>
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Osvaldo Gonz\u00e1lez<\/a> and Alberto Arias, a Cuban couple<\/a> of 21 years, were among those<\/a> killed in last week\u2019s pedestrian bridge collapse<\/a> at Florida International University.<\/p>\n They were laid to rest together on Wednesday. They were in the process of moving Arias\u2019 mother into their home when their van was crushed under the bridge.<\/p>\n The Miami Herald<\/em> reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n \u201cI know he told my grandma, \u2018I love you,\u2019 they hugged. [He said,] \u2018make me something to eat tonight,\u00a0picadillo<\/em>,\u2019 because that was his favorite,\u201d said Arias\u2019 nephew, Luis Arias.<\/p>\n But as news spread of the collapse of the bridge that afternoon, Arias\u2019 mother, who knew it was likely they were driving east on Tamiami Trail, became worried and started calling her son\u2019s cell phone frantically.<\/p>\n \u201cThey called so much that then the phone was not ringing anymore,\u201d said the family\u2019s attorney, Yesenia Collazo. \u201cShe said she knew when he didn\u2019t pick up her phone call<\/a> and they saw his vehicle on the news.\u201d<\/p>\n The two men<\/a> owned a party rental business together.<\/p>\n A wrongful death lawsuit is being filed on their behalf<\/a>.<\/p>\n Watch a report from Local10 News:<\/p>\n \ufeff<\/span><\/p>\n The post Gay Couple of 21 Years Killed in Miami Pedestrian Bridge Collapse<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n