Rachel Aliza Nisanov, the Queens 13-year-old killed in a jet ski crash during a family vacation in South Florida, set an example for her entire family, “never asking, always being satisfied,” despite being the youngest of eight kids, her grieving father told The News.
“She was an influencer. Without social media or the internet,” Rabbi Shlomo Nisanov said at their Kew Gardens Hills home Friday, just hours after returning from her burial in Jerusalem. “She was a very special soul and she was somebody who cared about others. She was always making sure that her wishes meant nothing compared to others.”
The father, recalling his young daughter with a stoic, perhaps numb, expression on his face, spoke of a sign that hung in Rachel’s room, which read, “don’t count the days, make the days c