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Leonel Ortega

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Philly Immigrant Killed In Motorcycle Crash Worked Hard For His Family Back Home, Friends Say Philly Immigrant Killed In Motorcycle Crash Worked Hard For His Family Back Home, Friends Say
Philly Immigrant Killed In Motorcycle Crash Worked Hard For His Family Back Home, Friends Say Leonel Ortega, a Guatemalan-born Philadelphia resident and beloved highrise window washer, died in a motorcycle accident on his way to work on Wednesday, June 7, his colleagues say. He was 22.  Ortega "meant a lot to us and everyone else that knew him," said Anthony Zurzolo, his coworker at Premier Window Cleaning in Port Richmond.  "He was a very hard worker that wanted everything to help his family," Zurzolo wrote in a tribute on social media. "Always smiling and just a great guy to be around." The Premier Window team also memorialized the late 22-year-old, who they said was "a member o…

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