Buffalo storm victims: What we know about the lives lost - ABC News

Thirty-nine radical person died successful Erie County, New York, aft a historic wintertime tempest slammed Buffalo.

Fatalities including radical recovered successful cars, radical recovered extracurricular and cardiac events from shoveling oregon blowing snow, according to Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz.

Monique Alexander

Casey Maccarone, 26, takes a photograph with her mother, 52-year-old Monique Alexander.

Courtesy of Casey Maccarone

Among those killed was 52-year-old Monique Alexander, a Buffalo pistillate who doted connected her 3 grandchildren, said her daughter, Casey Maccarone.

Alexander went retired connected Christmas Eve and ne'er returned, Maccarone told ABC News.

"She ne'er said wherever she was going, conscionable that she would beryllium close back," she said.

"My parent was the stone of our family," Maccarone said successful a statement.

"You could number connected her for anything, she was the caretaker each clip idiosyncratic needed them," she said. "During the holidays she would adjacent navigator for neighbors oregon strangers who she knew didn’t person families, due to the fact that she cared that much.”

William Clay

William Clay, 56, died during the snowstorm successful Buffalo, N.Y. connected Dec. 24, 2022.

Courtesy of Sophia Clay

William Clay died connected Dec. 24, which was his 56th birthday, his sister, Sophia Clay, told ABC News.

He was "an avid reader" and "very religious" and work his Bible each day, his sister said.

"There’s radical successful this satellite that tin punctuation the Bible but it’s not successful their hearts -- he’s 1 of those radical that it was successful his heart. He spoke it, helium lived it," Sophia Clay said.

William Clay is survived by household including his lad and 2 grandchildren.

"He was a large brother, helium was a large grandfather, helium was a large friend," Sophia Clay said.

Melissa Morrison

Melissa Morrison, 46, was besides among the fatalities, her mother, Linda Addeo, told ABC News.

She's survived by 2 sons, ages 20 and 24.

Morrison was the "most loved girl and mother," Addeo said via text.

Abdul Sharifu

Photo provided by the relative of Abdul Sharifu, who died connected Saturday, December 24, conscionable days earlier his 27th day (January 1)

Courtesy of Ally Sharifu

Abdul Sharifu, who died successful the tempest connected Christmas Eve, would person turned 27 connected Jan. 1, his relative said.

His woman is large and is owed successful astir 1 week, The Buffalo News reported.

Sharifu, a exile from the Congo, was known arsenic idiosyncratic who helped others astir the neighborhood, the paper reported.

Anndel Taylor

Anndel Taylor, 22, died during the snowstorm successful Buffalo, N.Y.

Courtesy of Tomeshia Brown

Anndel Taylor, 22, got stuck successful the snowfall erstwhile leaving enactment connected Dec. 23, according to her sister, Tomeshia Brown. Taylor sent a video to a household radical chat astir midnight that night; the adjacent morning, calls to Taylor went unanswered and the household aboriginal learned of her death, Brown said.

Taylor, who grew up successful Charlotte, North Carolina, moved to Buffalo successful the summertime of 2021 to instrumentality attraction of her father, Brown said.

"She was the astir kind-hearted and loving person," Brown said successful a statement. "She went to instrumentality attraction of him, but besides physique a vocation truthful she tin instrumentality much attraction of her household present successful Charlotte. That was her main focus: spell backmost to school, assistance her dad...She came to sojourn each accidental she could."

ABC News' Christopher Looft, Lena Camilletti and Layla Ferris contributed to this report.