On Thursday, November 9, author Inbal Abergil held a signing for her book ‘N.O.K.: Next of Kin’ at the Bronx Documentary Center, which focuses on the personal momentos of lost soldiers that family members choose to keep. Published by Daylight Books, ‘N.O.K.: Next of Kin’ can be purchased on Amazon.

Belongings of PV2 Isaac T. Cortes featured in Next of Kin. “The two shirts and the pillow came back, so I kept this. And that’s how I sleep with them, I pretend that it’s him. It’s not him, but I pretend.” From a conversation with Emily Toro, Mother
Photo from ‘N.O.K.: Next of Kin’ CORTES, 2014. © Inbal Abergil