A New York City-based art dealer and her husband were among the at least 221 killed following a nightmarish roof collapse in the Dominican Republic.
A New York City-based art dealer and her husband were among at least 221 people killed in a nightmare roof collapse in the Dominican Republic.
Elivira Malkic and Hakim Boubazine were inside the Jet Set nightclub when its rooftop came down in the middle of popular merengue singer Rubby Perez’s performance on Tuesday, which triggered a 53-hour search and rescue mission in the capital of Santo Domingo.
Malkic, a mother of three, was the co-owner of the Elity Art gallery on 5th Avenue inside the high-end L’Appartement hair salon, and Boubazine previously served as the COO of Altice USA.
Gallery worker Iris Hernandez, 30, told The Post she was shocked to learn of Malkic and her husband’s death in the Jet Set tragedy, with gallery co-owner Tiffany Kaljić flying to the Dominican Republic after hearing the news.
Malkic had let her friend know ahead of time that she was going to be at Jet Set with her husband to celebrate someone’s birthday at the Perez concert.
