Riverdale Family Remembered

                Residents of Riverdale came together today to say goodbye to Esmerelda Saucedo and her four children.
                Five lives cut tragically short, but remembered Tuesday by the community.
                Services were at Saint Ann's Catholic Church in Riverdale.
                One by one, the caskets were carried out. Five lives, a mother and her four kids, taken too soon.
                "Its horrible. no words for it," said Angel Ramirez, victims classmate.
                The out pour if support was so big, it spilled outside church doors, as family friends gathered to say goodbye.
                29-year-old Esmeralda Saucedo and her four kids, 11 year Ild Brianna, six-year-old Jada, Nikko who was three, and one year old Isaac were killed in a car accident two weeks ago.
                The tragedy leaving behind a grieving husband and father who tried his best to save his family.
                "I can't imagine what the fathers going through," said Chris Stillson, the principal at Fipps Primary School. He said the loss of any student is tough.
                The Ramirez family also knew the Saucedos from school.
                "When i found out she died, i felt so bad,"
                Angel had class with Brianna and remembers her best for being a good friend.
                "She talked nice to me and she'd always be laughing because i'd always be telling jokes," said Angel.
                Joealis was a cheerleader with Jada. "I will miss Jada," said Joealis.
                A tremendous and unimaginable loss that's shattered the small town, while at the same time bringing it together.
                Support and strength to, in time, help heal broken hearts, and keep the spirits of a this mother and four children, alive.