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Article snippet: Minutes before Sunday Mass at St. Martin of Tours Roman Catholic Church in the Bronx, as the music began, a man approached the Rev. Cosme Fernandes. “Good morning, Father,” the man said. “I used to live in this neighborhood and I just drove in a truck full of clothes, but they told us they can’t take any more donations. What do I do?” Father Fernandes had no answer for the man, who had brought the donations for the survivors of a fire that killed 12 people on Thursday. The fire, the deadliest in New York City in more than 25 years, destroyed an apartment building in the mostly-immigrant neighborhood of Belmont, two blocks from the church. A collection drive organized by the Police and Fire Departments turned into a remarkable outpouring of support that was ended after just one day because of the overwhelming response. On Sunday, people were turned away. “The way we’ve received support from the Bronx and beyond is a sign that the victims are not alone, that we are united,” Father Fernandes said during the homily at a Spanish Mass. Father Fernandes, 49, also reminded the congregation that Emmanuel Mensah, an Army National Guard soldier who died trying to get people out of the building, was once a parishioner. “Many of you asked me how we should make sense of this tragedy,” he said. “Brothers, I don’t have all the answers. But we can live through this event by supporting each other.” Next door, at a gym leased by the church to Public School 51, police officers and v... Link to the full article to read more