I love that boy.'Īdrian won the Careers through Culinary Arts Program junior competition in 2010 and was hoping to get a scholarship to the attend the Culinary Institute of America, the New York Daily News reports. 'If he's not in his normal suit, he's in his chef suit and hat, ready to cook.'Ĭliftonia Johnson, 47, a member of the school's staff, said: 'He's absolutely one of my favourites. Jeanae Jones, 17, of Fort Greene, said: 'They call him Obama, because he's always wearing suits. He was always helping the principal, he was a really good student.' Laura said: 'He's always at cooking class, and always early, so we were worried.
They became very concerned when a distressed teacher ran from the classroom, she said. Laura Cuautle, 17, said classmates became worried when Rodriguez didn't appear for their culinary class. News of the accident soon spread to his school, Marta-Valle High School, on New York's Lower East Side. He was knocked backwards on the platform and did not fall to the tracks.Īdrian, from the Bronx, was taken to Bellevue Hospital. Witnesses said the train clipperd his head. Horror spot: Video still taken from NY1 showing a train arriving at the Union Square station in New Yorkĭoctors said late on Saturday that the boy had succumbed to his injuries.
