Dozens
of mourners remembered Bronx cab driver Kutin Gyimah during funeral services
Friday six weeks after he was fatally beaten.
The
ceremony was emotional for Gyimah’s loved ones and four young children who are
still in disbelief that their father is gone.
Gyimah
was just starting his workday on Aug. 13 when he dropped passengers off at Beach
54 Street and Arverne Boulevard in Far Rockaway, Queens. Police say the
passengers attempted to evade the cab fare and assaulted Gyimah
when he chased after them.
He hit
his head on the ground, which caused his death.
"I
want to advise people to become passionate about other people's feelings,” his
wife said at the funeral service. “The way my husband was taken away, it
has hurt a lot of people, he comes from a family, and we are really, really
hurt.”
She
told News 12 that she hopes her husband’s death serves as a lesson to not take
advantage of others.
Dozens
of family members showed up wearing red and black, which signifies in Ghanian
culture that they are in a period of mourning. The reason they waited nearly
six weeks to hold the funeral is because many of Gyimah's family members had to
travel to the Bronx from Ghana.
Church
leader Daniel Obeng says the last six weeks have been painful.
“He
led a very good life," he said. "He
never put himself first. He always put others and his family first and we never
in our entire lives though this would happen to him. He doesn't deserve it at
all."
Gyimah
is being buried at the Oakland Cemetery.
A
13-year-old girl, a 15-year-old girl and two 20-year-old Queens men have been
arrested in connection to Gyimah’s death.