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1:10pm Wednesday 28th January 2009 in
THE death of a 19-year-old Harrow Weald boy has brought a community together.
Danny Fernandes, a former Hatch End High School pupil, was known for helping people, but walking down a set of train tracks at 2am on Saturday morning he could find no way to help himself.
Hundreds of people who either went to him for advice or simply counted him among their friends have been sharing their memories of a teenager described by his sister Lucy as “charismatic”.
His mother Patricia said: “I didn't even know but he had helped so many people – he never told anyone.
“It's only since he's been gone that everybody's realised that what they loved him for everyone else loved him for as well.
“It's just a mass of people. It seems the whole of Harrow Weald is just really missing him. They've just streamed in. He knew so many people and so many people are crying their hearts out.”
Many of his friends have stories about how he was there for them at times of need, and Patricia said he started to spend time with an elderly lady on their road after one of her family members died.
Even the family dog Jake, who he preferred to call Scooby, was rescued from mistreatment at the hands of former owners.
One of Danny's sisters told the Harrow Times “It's just amazing the number of lives he's touched because he's only 19. I don't think I'll touch that many lives in my whole life.”
Patricia said he and his friends used to hang around in the station after it shut because they had nowhere else to go.
Her and his sister Lucy both said they thought it should either be manned or more securely locked up to make it more difficult to get in.
She said Danny and his friends used to tag it with graffiti.
She said: “I'd like to apologise to the station manager for the young mens' tagging and also say to the train driver: “'I hope you can find some peace' because I know it's a terrible thing that's happened to him.”
Patricia said one man approached her while she was standing at Danny's memorial, saying he had had a row with his son and asking what he should do to put things right.
She said: "I told him I wish I knew, but said to bring his son here and let him see how we are, and let me beg him. Because Danny's life isn't wasted if he can help someone else.”
Anyone struggling to cope with events in their life can contact the Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90.
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local res
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10:28pm Wed 28 Jan 09
anonymous999
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12:05am Thu 29 Jan 09
HollyCxxx
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12:55am Thu 29 Jan 09
MR XTC
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1:09am Thu 29 Jan 09
local res wrote:as for this local who calls us idiots for playing loud music 1 of them is me and this is wot danny wanted and if u had ne respect you would understand the younger generation but its the pathetic people like you which need to understand do you think we are doing all that for fun??? think next time
As a Harrow Weald resident it has been impossible not to notice the impropmptu memorial to the boy who died recently. It is clear he was a popular and well liked boy in the area. Many young people have been gathering throughout the day to pay their respects and remember their friend. For the past three nights however the local residents have had to put up with the gathering at this spot. People standing on the pavement talking and remembering their friend is not an issue, is a natural reaction and in the most part has been very good natured. The problem has been the constant loud bass music coming from cars parked right at the end of Long Elmes. The dangerous obstruction caused near the junction and these cars wheel spinning up and down the road and around the roundabout. It is only a matter of time before one of these idiots causes a serious accident and then we will have another grieving family trying to cope with another tragic loss. Their actions are anti social at a time when they should show maturity in remembering their friend. At the moment all most local residents who did not know this boy will remember is how a small minority caused such a disturbance and acted in a very dangerous way putting others life at risk. Please act with respect for all.
murkingboy
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10:14am Thu 29 Jan 09
Lana
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1:33pm Thu 29 Jan 09
r.i.p danny
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1:37pm Thu 29 Jan 09
r.i.p danny
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1:39pm Thu 29 Jan 09
trixy39
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12:59am Fri 30 Jan 09
MR XTC wrote:how can someone be so cruel and say such things when this family r goin through this terrible grief, the way these young teenagers are acting is out of pure love and sorrow for they dear friend they have lost, its not even been a week danny has died and u r moaning about abit of noise, u should be ashamed of yourself callin these teenagers idiots, they are so young and i admire what they doin for they friend they need to feel close to him right now and if this is making them all feel that little bit better by playing they loud music in tribute for they friend then let them be and stop moaning. R.I.P DANNYXXX
local res wrote: As a Harrow Weald resident it has been impossible not to notice the impropmptu memorial to the boy who died recently. It is clear he was a popular and well liked boy in the area. Many young people have been gathering throughout the day to pay their respects and remember their friend. For the past three nights however the local residents have had to put up with the gathering at this spot. People standing on the pavement talking and remembering their friend is not an issue, is a natural reaction and in the most part has been very good natured. The problem has been the constant loud bass music coming from cars parked right at the end of Long Elmes. The dangerous obstruction caused near the junction and these cars wheel spinning up and down the road and around the roundabout. It is only a matter of time before one of these idiots causes a serious accident and then we will have another grieving family trying to cope with another tragic loss. Their actions are anti social at a time when they should show maturity in remembering their friend. At the moment all most local residents who did not know this boy will remember is how a small minority caused such a disturbance and acted in a very dangerous way putting others life at risk. Please act with respect for all.as for this local who calls us idiots for playing loud music 1 of them is me and this is wot danny wanted and if u had ne respect you would understand the younger generation but its the pathetic people like you which need to understand do you think we are doing all that for fun??? think next time
Maryxxx
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12:32pm Fri 30 Jan 09
getoverit
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1:54pm Fri 30 Jan 09
trixy39 wrote:Firstly I'd like to commiserate with you all on the tragic loss of your friend at such a young age, a terrible waste of a life.
MR XTC wrote:how can someone be so cruel and say such things when this family r goin through this terrible grief, the way these young teenagers are acting is out of pure love and sorrow for they dear friend they have lost, its not even been a week danny has died and u r moaning about abit of noise, u should be ashamed of yourself callin these teenagers idiots, they are so young and i admire what they doin for they friend they need to feel close to him right now and if this is making them all feel that little bit better by playing they loud music in tribute for they friend then let them be and stop moaning. R.I.P DANNYXXX
local res wrote: As a Harrow Weald resident it has been impossible not to notice the impropmptu memorial to the boy who died recently. It is clear he was a popular and well liked boy in the area. Many young people have been gathering throughout the day to pay their respects and remember their friend. For the past three nights however the local residents have had to put up with the gathering at this spot. People standing on the pavement talking and remembering their friend is not an issue, is a natural reaction and in the most part has been very good natured. The problem has been the constant loud bass music coming from cars parked right at the end of Long Elmes. The dangerous obstruction caused near the junction and these cars wheel spinning up and down the road and around the roundabout. It is only a matter of time before one of these idiots causes a serious accident and then we will have another grieving family trying to cope with another tragic loss. Their actions are anti social at a time when they should show maturity in remembering their friend. At the moment all most local residents who did not know this boy will remember is how a small minority caused such a disturbance and acted in a very dangerous way putting others life at risk. Please act with respect for all.as for this local who calls us idiots for playing loud music 1 of them is me and this is wot danny wanted and if u had ne respect you would understand the younger generation but its the pathetic people like you which need to understand do you think we are doing all that for fun??? think next time
xxsarah_bartlettxx@hotmail.co.uk
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2:24pm Fri 30 Jan 09
getoverit
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2:38pm Fri 30 Jan 09
xxsarah_bartlettxx@hI have every idea - my partner's nephew died in exactly the same manner actually. I'd be appalled if his friends chose to make a nuisance of themselves to others in his name.
otmail.co.uk wrote:
with that person who has called us idiots... you have no idea do you...?!
if you knew danny then you would know what he wanted, loud music and cars around, because thats what he wanted!!
for all the young community actaully getting together like they have is just great... but its like the young cant win, were there maken no trouble but being respectful towards a friend in the way we feel right for Danny...
If im correct its like after 11 we cant be maken to much noise and we turn it off before then...
police have stopped and seen what has been going on and have had no problems with what it going on...! so when they are seeing nothing is going on wrong then its ok!!
Danny you will always be remembered.
R.I.P Baby Boy
Sarah xXx
Stacey Evans
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10:37pm Fri 30 Jan 09
xxsarah_bartlettxx@hotmail.co.uk
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4:51pm Sat 31 Jan 09
Ben G
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Ivona H
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5:38pm Sat 31 Jan 09
Krcyzici
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5:48pm Sat 31 Jan 09
porky's chesnuts
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anonymous999
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anonymous999
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stevizzle
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