{"id":304370,"date":"2026-07-24T00:53:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T00:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/304370\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T00:53:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T00:53:17","slug":"nyc-officials-want-to-rename-street-after-beloved-soldier-killed-by-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/304370\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC officials want to rename street after beloved soldier killed by Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"

The beloved Queens soldier killed in an Iranian attack on a US base<\/a> should have a street named after her, the borough president said Thursday \u2014\u00a0as her devastated mom sobbed, \u201cShe died for her country.\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a plan to honor Sgt. Angel Sarah Rampersad<\/a>, 28, of Ozone Park \u2014\u00a0killed Friday during the attack at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base<\/a> in Jordan \u2014 for her bravery on the street outside her family home, Queens Borough President\u00a0Donovan Richards said.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe made the ultimate sacrifice,\u201d Richards said at a press conference. \u201cAngel was a hero, plain and simple. No matter what you think of this war, what is not up for debate is the bravery it takes to enlist like Angel did seven years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sgt. Angel Sarah Rampersad was killed Friday during the attack at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan. US Army via AP<\/p>\n

\u201cShe put her community before herself,\u201d he said. \u201cHer legacy of selflessness and sacrifice will live on forever here in Ozone Park, and across Queens, but not just Queens, across this nation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt minimum, the least we can do is rename this street in her honor and work with the school construction authority and DOE to name a school in her honor,\u201d Richards said, while standing outside her family home on 96th Street.<\/p>\n

Rampersad\u2019s heartbroken mom, Carol Acevedo, teared up as she recalled her daughter\u2019s dedication to the Army.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy daughter was a good, good soldier. She fought in this country, and she died for this country, and I am a mother who is highly proud of her,\u201d Acevedo said.<\/p>\n

Carol Acevedo teared up while remembering her daughter\u2019s Dedication to the Army. Brigitte Stelzer for NY Post<\/p>\n

Acevedo spoke about her daughter\u2019s death at a press conference outside her Queens home. Brigitte Stelzer for NY Post<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I know she was really, really focused on what she was doing. She loved it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rampersad \u2014 a graduate of John Jay College of Criminal Justice, who played the drums \u2014\u00a0migrated from Trinidad with her mom at age 2 and wanted to join the military at a young age, said her aunt Judy Rackal.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are so proud of our Angel,\u201d Rackal said \u2014 calling her\u00a0death \u201can unbearable tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sgt. Angel Rampersad with her mother, Carol Acevedo. Obtained by NY Post<\/p>\n

\u201cAngel was always a happy, contented, and calm person all through her life. In the face of every crisis that her family encountered, she would be the calming element all the time,\u201d Rackal said. \u201cShe had a quiet strength even from a child.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rampersad was one of three soldiers reportedly killed during the missile attack on the US base in Jordan, including Army First Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Hawaii, and Pfc. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Texas.<\/p>\n

Rampersad was identified by the Pentagon Tuesday, as American forces bombed Iran<\/a> for an 11th straight night.<\/p>\n

Loved ones of Sgt. Angel Rampersad honor her memory. OLGA FEDOROVA\/EPA\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

Another US service member, Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, of North Carolina, was reportedly also killed disarming a downed Iranian drone in Iraq on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Friends of Rampersad on Wednesday\u00a0remembered her as a strong-willed \u201csocial butterfly\u201d who dreamed of seeing the world while serving her country.<\/p>\n

Rampersad\u2019s family is still \u201cawaiting the release of our daughter to make final arrangements\u201d for her burial, Rackal said Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The beloved Queens soldier killed in an Iranian attack on a US base should have a street named…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[5336,14670,57,9,56,63,65,64,122,58,21181],"class_list":["post-304370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-army","tag-iran","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-queens","tag-us-news","tag-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}