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LYNN — Ramadan Smrqaku, 20, said he didn’t think
\n much of it when he sat on a hammock Friday in Beverly where two of his
\n friends were lying. The hammock was tied to a tree and an old chimney.<\/p>\n
”It couldn’t hold everyone," said Smrqaku, speaking with an accent
\n from his native Kosovo. ”The chimney wasn’t built good, and it collapsed."<\/p>\n
The 5-foot chimney at a friend’s home on Cogswell Avenue toppled quickly
\n about 10:45 p.m., Smrqaku said. There was no time to jump from the hammock,
\n he said, describing how one of the cinder blocks struck his friend’s head,
\n knocking Visar Luzha unconscious.<\/p>\n
”He couldn’t talk or breathe," Smrqaku said. ”He was bleeding all
\n over. It was really scary."
\n Shortly later, Luzha, 19, who survived civil war in Kosovo, was pronounced
\n dead at Beverly Hospital — less than four years after he arrived in America
\n with his parents, three sisters, and four brothers. <\/p>\n
Poor Visar! Survived the war in Kosovo, only to be killed by Lynn, from the Boston Globe<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LYNN — Ramadan Smrqaku, 20, said he didn’t think much of it when he sat on a hammock Friday in Beverly where two of his friends were lying. The hammock was tied to a tree and an old chimney. ”It … Continue reading
\n a falling chimney in Lynn, Mass. That’s so ironic its almost Zen. But what’s up with that Ramadan Smrqaku? He was in Beverly on Friday, he was the one who brought the chimney down, the friend dies, and on Sunday he is reached by phone in Kosovo? He fled the country? Suspicious…<\/p>\n
\n of course,
\n is the legendary seaside cesspool of drugs, rackets and corruption just
\n north of Boston. The old saying goes, "Lynn, Lynn, city of sin.
\n You never come out the way you went in. Ask for water,they give you a
\n gin… it’s the darndest city I ever been in." Certainly held true for
\n young Visar. Plus, the friend, Ramadan Smrqaku, wins the award for Name of the Month….<\/em><\/p>\n