Tomas Ayala, 20, was an aspiring chef who was remembered by friends and family as a person who radiated love.
That is what Tucson musician Gabriel Ayala says he learned from his son Tomas Ayala, who was killed recently in a crash.
People are also reading… Tomas Ayala, 20, the son of well-known Pascua Yaqui musician Gabriel Ayala, died on May 13 in a car crash in Sahuarita. The other driver involved in the crash, Camron Ortega, 24, has been arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder, driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death.
Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed | Omny Studio Tomas Ayala eventually got a job at the Cup Café inside downtown Tucson's Hotel Congress. He worked there for about 15 months and was loved by his colleagues, said Shana and Richard Oseran, the owners of the hotel.
“In his short time here on this earth he impacted many people, the people that he worked with and the people that he encountered,” Shana Oseran said. “When you meet a special person like that, you know you've been blessed.” “I said, I promise that I'll buy it for you and be there for you,” Gabriel Ayala said. “He just smiled about it. It was just something that I wanted for him. I wanted him to be able to fully express himself and reach that full potential that I knew he had as an individual.”
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