This little boy took the subway to buy a gift for Mother's Day and never came back

Brandon Giovanni Hernández Tapia, the 12-year-old boy who died when the Mexico City subway collapsed a week ago, left that day with a secret motivation: to

buy a gift for Mother's Day.

When his, Marisol Tapia, called him on his cell phone around 10:15 pm, the little boy said:

"I have a surprise for you."

"Dinner is ready," her mother told her.

"I go quickly to the store to buy something to drink," he added.

"Mom, buy me some cookies!" Her son replied.

It was the last time they spoke: a few minutes later the metal beams that supported Line 12 of the subway gave way with the boy and his stepfather inside - he survived.

They were only three stops from the Nopalera station, where they had to get off.

They had plans for this May 10th

.

Brandon Giovanni was the only underage fatality of the 26 who so far has left the tragic accident of the capital metro.

He was a

happy

boy

, he liked soccer, dancing with his grandmother and wanted to learn how to cook tacos.

He also dreamed of

becoming a doctor

so he could buy a house for his mother and escape the poverty in which they lived in the Zapotitla neighborhood, located in Tláhuac, with unpaved streets and cinder block houses.

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The head of Government of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum, assured this Saturday that she will give an emergent support for the families of the deceased people of 50,000 pesos (about 2,500 dollars), 10,000 have already been granted, and the rest will be delivered from Monday.

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Likewise, the subway insurance will compensate relatives with 650,000 pesos ($ 32,650) to relatives, Sheinbaum added.

While the families of hospitalized people, the Government will give 10,000 support for transportation.

Marisol Tapia, mother of Brandon Giovanni, the 12-year-old boy who died after the subway collapse in Mexico City, gives him the last goodbye at his home before burying him in the San Lorenzo Tezonco pantheon.Gerardo Vieyra / NurPhoto via Getty Images

The minor was fired last Wednesday at an emotional funeral in which his small white coffin covered in flowers was exposed along with a photo of him in which he appears smiling.

Dozens of relatives and neighbors attended the wake.

His mother rushed crying on top of the coffin while crying disconsolately: "My son, do not go."

Family and friends say goodbye to Brandon Giovanni, the child who died in the subway collapse, in Mexico City, Mexico, this Wednesday.

EFE / Carlos Ramírez

The minor's loved ones gave him a final applause, sang a baton to him and took out the coffin shouting

"justice"

to deposit it on the hearse.

The little boy was buried in the San Lorenzo Tezonco cemetery.

With information from the Los Angeles Times.