November 3, 2009 10:26 AM
This coming Sunday marks the one-year anniversary of the death of Ecuadorian immigrant Marcelo Lucero, who was killed by a group of teens in Patchogue on Nov. 8, 2008. Each day this week, Long Island Wins will feature a video interview with someone who lives or works in Patchogue, asking them about the past year, and how things have changed. On Monday, we heard from Gilda Ramos and Jean Kaleda of the Patchogue-Medford Library.
Today's interview is with Joselo Lucero, Marcelo's younger brother. The 35-year-old Joselo was just two years younger than his brother, and looked up to Marcelo as a model of responsibility. Joselo remembers his brother as "a simple person," who wasn't perfect, but who worked hard and read the Bible devotedly. Before the murder, the two brothers lived across the hall from one another in the same Patchogue house. Now, Joselo says, he can feel the void of his brother's absence.
This clip strings together several short excerpts from our interview, where Joselo speaks about processing his emotions since his brother's death, how people have come to him with first-hand accounts of similar attacks, and the changes that need to be made by Suffolk County government officials and police.
Coming Wednesday: Rev. In Koo Chung, a minister at the United Methodist Church of Patchogue