Baby's family recalls their 'little angel,' horror of home explosion

Originally published: August 14, 2012 9:07 PM
Updated: August 15, 2012 1:03 AM
By KEVIN DEUTSCH kevin.deutsch@newsday.com

Photo credit: Handout | An undated photo of Christina Palmer with her son Rah-Quan Laron Palmer. Rah-Quan died in a house explosion in Brentwood on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. He was 18 months old.

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The last thing Rah-Quan Palmer's family remembered seeing before the toddler disappeared in a heap of smoking rubble Tuesday was their "little angel" laughing and smiling.

Then came the deafening blast, the falling roof and the child's faint, pained cries.

Wood, brick and jagged glass had crashed down on a group of people in the Brentwood home. Among them were Rah-Quan and his mother,...

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