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Costas Triantafilos, owner of Landmark Costas Inn in Baltimore, died of carbon monoxide poisoning, his son tells people to people
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His wife of 64, Mary, is also hospitalized and recovered
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“They loved him,” says Peter Trianantafilos about the community’s response
After a well-known restaurant in Baltimore, he died of carbon monoxide poisoning earlier this week, his family talked about the “incredible” father and pillar of the community they lost.
Costas Triantafilos, 85-year-old Costas Inn owner, died after he fell to his home on Monday, March 24, his son Peter Triantafilos tells People.
Costas’s wife, Mary Trianafilos, at 83, was also affected by the deadly gas that penetrated the house but is recovering and expects to return home Wednesday, March 26, says her son.
“That’s where the pain comes because she was not sick or something,” says Peter from the passage of her father.
Peter has run the Landmark Seafood restaurant for 42 years with his father, who first discovered in 1971. “It was so sudden, so shocking because it was so full of life,” says Peter.
With the kind assistance of the Triantafilos family
Mary and Costas Triantafilos
Costas, who worked at the restaurant every day, went home at about 8:30 pm on Sunday, March 23, for dinner with his wife at 64, says his son. They ate there and went to bed as usual.
But Costas did not realize that when he hit the button to turn off his car before leaving the garage, the car still works.
“It was just a tragic mistake,” Peter says.
By the time Costas woke up to go to work at 7:30 the next morning, the attached home was “absorbed” in carbon monoxide, says Peter. His father fell when he got up to brush his teeth, and Mary called 911.
“She was oxygen that saved her,” Peter says. “But she would never wake up if he didn’t fall.”
Initially, Mary thought her husband had entered a cardiac arrest. A statement by the Baltimore County Fire Service said that the employees responded to a call at 7:37 am on Monday from a home in Glen Arm, MD., A reported cardiac arrest “which quickly escalates into dangerous carbon monoxide (CO) emergency,” corresponding to the description of the triantafilos family.
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With the kind assistance of the Triantafilos family
Mary, Pete, Nick, Christine and Costas Tridentafilos
The department reported that “dangerously high levels of CO” were in the home.
The investigation has confirmed that it is the reason “a vehicle left to move in an attachment garage”. Both were transported to a local hospital. (Fire Office did not immediately respond to people’s request for further comment.)
Peter says he knew something was “pernicious wrong” when he called his father that day and did not answer.
His mother, fortunately, “is doing really well,” says Peter. He is eager to bring her home.
But the family is a broken heart, especially his mother: “I don’t know how we even put it again.”
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With the kind assistance of the Triantafilos family
Young Costas Triantafilos on a donkey
What has strengthened the Triantafilos family – many of whom work in Costas Inn – is the “pouring” of community support.
“Just talk a lot about my father,” Peter says. “They loved him and he was a large part of the community for 65 years.”
Costas was a “very given” man, as well known for the scholarships he betrayed on the cakes of his restaurant crab.
He comes from a modest basis: according to his son Costas, he moved to the United States from Greece in 1955 with only $ 5 in his pocket. He didn’t know how to speak English, but that did not prevent him from winning his diploma and getting into business when he was 17 years old.
“He was just an amazing mentor [and] A role model, “says Peter.
A specialized family man, Costas was also engaged with his employees and clients. Even in the 1980s, he stopped at the restaurant in the morning and dinners to work with his sons, daughters and grandchildren.
“He could rest in Greece. It could take time to relax, but it wasn’t him,” Peter says. “He said,” I’ll work until I die. ” “
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Peter remembers one night, about a year ago, Costas was halfway home when he returned to the restaurant because he forgot to say goodbye to a client.
“He felt bad that he had missed this man,” his son says, explaining that Costas’s spirit inspired their entire family and staff at the restaurant.
As the relatives are mourned, the plan remains to build a new restaurant, Timony, which will open on the west side of the city in April.
“Now it’s just about fulfilling his dream,” Peter says, “and just keeps his memory and heritage alive.”
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