THE death of a 19-year-old Harrow Weald boy has brought a community together.

Danny Fernandes, a former Hatch End High School pupil, was known for helping people, but walking down a set of train tracks at 2am on Saturday morning he could find no way to help himself.

Hundreds of people who either went to him for advice or simply counted him among their friends have been sharing their memories of a teenager described by his sister Lucy as “charismatic”.

His mother Patricia said: “I didn't even know but he had helped so many people – he never told anyone.

“It's only since he's been gone that everybody's realised that what they loved him for everyone else loved him for as well.

“It's just a mass of people. It seems the whole of Harrow Weald is just really missing him. They've just streamed in. He knew so many people and so many people are crying their hearts out.”

Many of his friends have stories about how he was there for them at times of need, and Patricia said he started to spend time with an elderly lady on their road after one of her family members died.

Even the family dog Jake, who he preferred to call Scooby, was rescued from mistreatment at the hands of former owners.

One of Danny's sisters told the Harrow Times “It's just amazing the number of lives he's touched because he's only 19. I don't think I'll touch that many lives in my whole life.”

Patricia said he and his friends used to hang around in the station after it shut because they had nowhere else to go.

Her and his sister Lucy both said they thought it should either be manned or more securely locked up to make it more difficult to get in.

She said Danny and his friends used to tag it with graffiti.

She said: “I'd like to apologise to the station manager for the young mens' tagging and also say to the train driver: “'I hope you can find some peace' because I know it's a terrible thing that's happened to him.”

Patricia said one man approached her while she was standing at Danny's memorial, saying he had had a row with his son and asking what he should do to put things right.

She said: "I told him I wish I knew, but said to bring his son here and let him see how we are, and let me beg him. Because Danny's life isn't wasted if he can help someone else.”

Anyone struggling to cope with events in their life can contact the Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90.

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