Brooklynites come together for Paris
Voices on Smith Street: ‘Viva la France!’
Brooklyn stood with France Sunday night as hundreds gathered with candles in Carroll Gardens for an interfaith vigil to honor the victims of the Paris terror attacks.
Officials and religious leaders also remembered the victims of recent attacks in Beirut, Kenya and around the world. The flags of the U.S., France, Kenya and Lebanon flew in Carroll Park.
“It doesn’t matter where terrorists strike; if it’s in Paris or Park Slope, Budapest or Brownsville, we all feel it. We all mourn together in one spirit of humanity,” said Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, who organized the vigil.