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'Very generous': Relatives mourn 'Tita Cora', Pinay killed in San Francisco train attack

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Johnson Manabat

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dii"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/172009392796617200728894677-4-2024%202-18-13%20PM.png" class="fr-fic fr-dii" alt="Corazon Dandan, 74, was waiting for her train at the Powell street BART Station when the suspect allegedly pushed her as a train was approaching. Photo courtesy of Dandan family"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Corazon Dandan, 74, was waiting for her train at the Powell street BART Station when the suspect allegedly pushed her as a train was approaching. <em>Photo courtesy of Dandan family</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — One of the nephews of Corazon Dandan, the 74-year old Filipina killed in a brutal train attack in San Francisco, California, recalled how amazing and generous their &quot;Tita Cora&quot; was.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/3/elderly-filipina-in-san-francisco-dies-after-being-shoved-into-incoming-train-1117">• Elderly Filipina in San Francisco dies after being shoved into incoming train</a></div><p>The Philippines-born Dandan migrated to San Francisco in the 1980s. While she had no children of her own, she helped put her nieces and nephews through school.</p><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dii"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1720093573549dandan.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dii" alt="Courtesy of Dandan family"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><em>Courtesy of Dandan family</em></span></span></span></div><p>Kyle Dandan told ABS-CBN News that his Tita Cora helped him pay his phone bills and bought his car when he went to college in the United States.</p><p>”Technically kami yung mga anak niya, and she always treated us her own kids. I went to the States for college... And my cousin who’s there now took up medicine at UP [and] she supported him also in a lot of ways,” Kyle said. </p><p>Kyle described his Tita Cora as a very fun person to be with.</p><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dii"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1720093667909dandan2%20(1).jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dii" alt="Courtesy of Dandan family"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><em>Courtesy of Dandan family</em></span></span></span></div><p>“She’s very generous, she’s very bubbly kasi I guess wala siyang anak, wala rin siyang husband so she was the hip tita. Parang bagets siyang tita... Komedyante, she was an amazing woman,” Kyle said.</p><p>According to him, his aunt worked as a telephone operator for the past 29 years in a hotel in San Francisco.</p><p>On Monday, Dandan was shoved into an oncoming train at the Powell street BART Station by a man named Trevor Belmont, also known as Hoak Taing.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/4/man-who-shoved-elderly-filipina-into-san-francisco-train-charged-with-murder-1423">• Man who shoved elderly Filipina into San Francisco train charged with murder</a></div><p>The victim came from her shift at a local hotel and was waiting for her train home when the unprovoked attack happened. She died due to severe head injuries. </p><p>Belmont has been charged with murder, the San Francisco District Attorney&#x27;s office announced on Thursday.</p><p>Kyle said initial information from the BART Police said the suspect was a homeless man who roamed around the train station. </p><p>The relatives of Dandan plan to bring home her remains. </p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4s3-Op7lg1s?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" width="640"></iframe></div>

<p>Kyle Dandan told ABS-CBN News that his Tita Cora helped him pay his phone bills and bought his car when he went to college in the United States.</p>

Kyle Dandan told ABS-CBN News that his Tita Cora helped him pay his phone bills and bought his car when he went to college in the United States.