14-year-old whose mother was killed in Midtown mass shooting gives powerful eulogy
Wesley LePatner, a senior executive at Blackstone, was laid to rest on Thursday.
Her funeral services were held at Central Synagogue on the Upper East Side.
The Yale graduate was a senior managing director at Blackstone and was fatally shot in the 345 Park Avenue building's lobby after a gunman opened fire inside the building, killing four people.
LePatner's family is now shattered by grief.
Her 14-year-old daughter was among those to speak at the emotional funeral and gave a powerful eulogy.
"Hi, my mom was like my rock, and every time after school, someone said something mean or if something happened, I would talk to her, and I couldn't talk to anyone else," her daughter said.
The simple act of just talking about Wesley provided some sense of comfort on Thursday during the funeral service for the 43-year-old Blackstone executive slain by an indiscriminate gunman.
"It's just unimaginable that this actually happened. I keep thinking it's like a prank or a lucid dream and she'll jump out and say ha ha, it was all a joke," she said.
"There's a gaping Mount Everest-sized hole in my life right now," LePatner's husband said.
The teen's words are absolutely crushing.
"Every time I hear the doorbell ring, I think it's her and I get excited," the daughter said.
Mourners remember the woman behind the big corporate job.
"Our freshman outdoor orientation trip out of her bag she pulledo out a hairdryer and I was like what are you going to do with that in the woods?" a Yale classmate said.
Outside of the Upper East Side synagogue, LePatner's husband was spotted holding their young son.
"She lived for her children.She was also the most amazing daughter," Father Lawrence Mittman said.
"I just can't and I just miss her so much," her daughter said.
LePatner's Rabbi said her name in Hebrew means 'Splendor."
A light dimmed much too soon.
Watch the full eulogy below.
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