Employee found dead in freezer at famous New York kosher bakery
New York Jewish Week by way of JTA — A employee at a beloved Brooklyn bakery identified for its black-and-white cookies was found dead inside a fridge there early Thursday morning, police mentioned.
The demise of Mahamadou Dansago, 33, at Beigel’s on Avenue D seems to have been an accident. An immigrant father of 5 from Mali, Dansago bought caught in the machine’s rotating blades whereas engaged on the fridge and gave the impression to be trapped inside for about 5 hours, the New York Daily News reported.
“Upon arrival, officers observed a 33-year-old male, unconscious and unconscious, found in a refrigerator in the above location,” police mentioned. “EMS responded and pronounced [Dansago] dead at the scene.”
“The investigation is ongoing,” the police added.
The Daily News reported that Dansago, a latest rent, was found dead contained in the fridge by co-workers on their technique to work.
Beigel’s supervisor, David Greenberger, talking to reporters outdoors the shop, mentioned “we are devastated by the loss of our employee in this accident.”
“The family has been notified and we offer our deepest condolences,” Greenberger mentioned. “This is an ongoing situation and we are cooperating with all investigations.”
Greenberger added that grief counselors got here to the location to assist the household and workers.
Beigel’s was based in 1934 by Israel Beigel in his hometown of Krakow, Poland. After surviving the Nazi occupation, relations got here in 1949 to America, the place they opened a bakery on the Lower East Side and rapidly grew to become famous for his or her challah, rugelach and black-and-white truffles. Over the years, the enterprise moved to Williamsburg and Clinton Hill earlier than settling in Canarsie in 2015.
Beigel’s is licensed kosher by OK Kosher. OK Kosher didn’t reply to a request for remark.
