A New York City father-of-seven was found dead in a canal a day after remnants of Hurricane Ida pummeled the Northeast last week.
The body of Michael Robinson, 40, was discovered in Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal, near 25th St, around 12.45pm on September 2.
According to police, Robinson was still wearing his headphones around his neck along with a baseball cap on his head when they pulled him from the canal.
Of the 13 people killed by the storm, Robinson was one of two who didn't die from flooding in a basement apartment.
A New York City father-of-seven was found dead in a canal a day after remnants of Hurricane Ida pummeled the Northeast last week. Pictured: Floodwater surrounds vehicles following heavy rain on an expressway in Brooklyn
At least 41 people have been killed in the Northeast, including a family of three with a two-year-old boy who drowned in a New York City basement, after the tail-end of Hurricane Ida crept up on the tri-state area on Wednesday night. Pictured: A fireman walks past cars as they pump floodwater from a nearby house in Brooklyn
The body of Michael Robinson, 40, was discovered in Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal, near 25th St, around 12.45pm. on September 2. It is still unclear how Robinson ended up in the canal but his sister, Natasha Robinson, 39, believes her brother might have been walking to her apartment in Red Hook in the middle of the storm
It is still unclear how Robinson ended up in the canal but his sister, Natasha Robinson, 39, believes her brother might have been walking to her apartment in Red Hook in the middle of the storm.
'He was my heart,' said Natasha. 'He loved his kids, my kids. He would take on your family and consider them his family.'
Natasha said her brother was temporarily residing in a shelter just a few blocks from the canal when he passed.
Robinson was set to be relocated to a permanent residence later this month, his sister said.
