Beloved grandma Donike Gocaj was on her way to work as a cleaner when she plummeted down NYC manhole
Donike Gocaj, a 56-year-old grandmother, tragically died after falling into an uncovered manhole in Manhattan while heading to her overnight cleaning job. Friends reported that she had just parked her car and was walking to work when the accident occurred. The incident has left the Albanian community in New York feeling devastated.
- ▪Donike Gocaj fell into an open manhole in Midtown Manhattan around 11:20 p.m.
- ▪She was on her way to work for United Building Maintenance at the time of the accident.
- ▪Gocaj's death has deeply affected her family and the local Albanian community.
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| Publication time | Thu, 21 May 2026 10:35:32 -0400 |
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Metro exclusive details Beloved grandma Donike Gocaj was on her way to work as a cleaner when she plummeted down NYC manhole By Patrick Reilly Published May 21, 2026, 10:35 a.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google The beloved New York grandmother who died after falling into an uncovered manhole in Manhattan was heading to work for an overnight cleaning shift at the time, according to friends of the family. Donike Gocaj, 56, plummeted to her gruesome death around 11:20 p.m. in Midtown Monday night, where she had seconds earlier parked her car and started walking to her late-night job with a cleaning company. “She was on her way to work. She did cleaning — the overnight shift,” a friend of Gocaj’s niece who works near the scene told The Post.
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