The vigil for Ramy Suleman took place over dinner hour on the wide lawn outside 71 Thorncliffe Park Drive. The crowded lawn of sombre mourners included Mayor Tory, Councillor Burnside and MP John Carmichael. Around them and in quiet discussion with them and their friends were the many dozens of Thorncliffe residents who knew the story of Ramy’s death all too well. The 4-year-old was not the first lad to somehow fall from one of the high-rise apartments along the wide vistas of the street. The accident has once again ignited the pursuit of greater and reliable safety in these buildings. A check is being done unit by unit to make sure window locks are in place. But sometimes they are removed to permit more air into stuffy units. The warm summer evening was a contrast of sad faces and whispered conversation combined with the yelps children.
