BUFFALO, N.Y. — On Friday afternoon, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz shared that additional blizzard deaths have been confirmed, the total death toll in Erie County now rising to 43.
The two confirmed deaths include a woman found in a tent and a 3-year-old girl who died from her injuries after drowning in a pool at a hotel her family went to after they lost power.
"The young girl is related to the incident I had referenced in a Blizzard press conference and noted while the initial reports had her passing, she was alive. We are all so sad she passed and I offer my deepest condolences to her family and all who lost a loved one," Poloncarz tweeted.
Of the 41 previously confirmed blizzard-related deaths, 17 people were found outside, 11 people were in homes, four people were found in vehicles, four deaths were related to shoveling or snow blowing, three were from delayed EMS responses, and two were injuries sustained during the blizzard
One person died in Niagara County, bringing the total storm-related deaths to 44 in Western New York.
Channel 2 has shared some of the victim's stories, like Abdul Sharifu. He died in trying to go get groceries for a neighbor who needed milk for their baby. Manpower Buffalo held a diaper drive for his pregnant widow.
Morris Singer, Jr., was walking home from a Narcotics Anonymous meeting on Dec. 23. Morris Singer III was out helping people who were posting in the 'Buffalo Blizzard 2022' Facebook page when he got the call about his father.
Anndel Taylor, 22, died in her car after she became trapped in her car while trying to return home from work on the afternoon of Friday, Dec. 23.