FOREST HILLS, Queens (WABC) -- There was a large turnout in Queens on Wednesday night to remember a 13-year-old girl who was killed while riding a personal watercraft in Florida.

Rachel Nisanov's funeral was held in Forest Hills.

She is the daughter of a rabbi and her body is set to be flown to Israel on Thursday.

Nisanov and her sister were both injured when their personal watercraft hit a concrete dock in Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday afternoon on the Intracoastal Waterway.

Police said the two juveniles jumped the wake of a passing vessel, lost control, and collided with the concrete dock.

Her 16-year-old sister remains in the hospital in Florida.

Rachel Nisanov is the daughter of well-respected Queens rabbi, Shlomo Nisanov.

The sisters are students at Bnos Malka in Queens.

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