Brandon, 2, and Connor, 4, died in the superstorm’s churning waters after being swept from their mother’s grasp.
Sandy’s tiniest victims flew to heaven yesterday on angels’ wings.
Brandon Moore, 2, and his 4-year-old brother, Connor — who died in the superstorm’s churning waters after being swept from their mother’s grasp on Staten Island — were remembered at a funeral by nearly 1,000 heartbroken mourners.
They were laid together in a single silver casket, which sat near the altar at the Saint Rose of Lima Church in Brooklyn throughout the morning ceremony, as their mother Glenda sat nearby, sobbing uncontrollably.
Their dad, Damien, a city sanitation worker, wore a stoic look as the Sanitation Department’s chaplain eulogized the tragic boys and tried to make sense of the unspeakable loss.
“Glenda, Damien, there are no words that we can offer. The only thing that we can offer is our support as a family,” Chaplin Peter Colapietro said in the Kensington-area church. “We pray for your strength in these days — we know that you will need it.”
Among the mourners were some 300 sanitation workers on hand to support Damien and his family.
“We’ve always maintained that Sanitation is a family, and we’re here to support you with our prayers, with our love,” Colapietro said.
The boys died on Oct. 29 when their mom’s SUV stalled in South Beach, and they were swept into Sandy’s roiling storm surge after she took them from the vehicle to find help.
The grief spread from New York to Ireland, Damien Moore’s native land.
“These were two Irish children and American children,” Noel Kilkenny, the Consul General of Ireland, said at the ceremony yesterday. “This is one of the more visible and heart wrenching signs of this tragedy.”
After the funeral, friends and family talked of Glenda’s anguish.
“She is suffering,” said her sister, Marie Lemaire. “She won’t eat.”
Steven Vatslie, a next-door neighbor of the Moores, said the boys were “two angels” and added that “the ceremony was great, to have all the support from the community.”
After the service, the boys were laid to rest at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.