in a few minutes, a candle lit prayer vigil will be held to remember the lives of nicholas figueroa and moises locon. nicholas' mom tells me not a day goes by that she disease not think about her son and the way he died. >> every day, that pain is there. it seems like it happened yesterday. i mean that pain is never going to go away. reporter: nick figueroa relives the smoke day. it's been one year since her 23 year old son went on a lunch date at the restaurant when a gas line exploded and the building collapsed. >> you know, i just hope that later on in the future nothing like this happens to nobody. >> my son was full of life. he, i lived through his eyes, through him because he was so adventurous, so loving, so caring. reporter: a 26 year old restaurant employee, moises locon was also killed. as the community and family memes remember, nick's father will present moises' family with a piece of the fire escape. >> this is the ladder itself that drops down from the fire escape. reporter: dozens were left homeless when the buildings came down. it was days before many could return home i

nicholas figueroa a customer and moye ses la cone a worker had died. >> it happened one year ago, but >> it was total devastation. it was ust total devastation. >> three buildings destroyed and two lives lost in an instant when a gas explosion rocked the east villste. i yesterday. >> the pain is never going to go away. we miss him a lot. >> the families prayed where the buildings once stood and remembered their loved ones. >> we asked her what was his la words because we wanted to know what he told her. he said how much he loves his mom and his dad. that hurt. >> just last month, five were arrested in connection with the blast. investigators say the landlord, a contractor and others conspired to installing illegal gas line to steal gas from a nearby business. new laws have been proposed to cr ackdown. >> we want to make sure that they pay to the fullest extent we will never let anyone get away with putting profits before people. >> con edison says the process has been streamlined and told us in a statement, "since the second avenue tragedy, con edison has worked ev-ben more closely wi

photos of the two men who lost their lives. 27-year-old moises locon and 23-year-old nicholas figueroa. here is figueroa's mother ana. >> some say that a loss gets easier with time. nothing could be further from the truth. on the fourth floor of building where the gas line blast originated. she lost her home of 44 years. >> horrible. horrible incident that shouldn't have happened. >> reporter: four people were indicted last month on manslaughter and other criminal charges. the building's owner, her son, a contractor and plumber allegedly tampered with the billing's gas line and failed to warn residents. the disaster that resulted is leading to new laws, including legislation to mandate more inspections of gas lines. >> these laws are in honor of nicholas, and moises, and the entire east village community. >> reporter: even a portion of this blast site could fetch $10 million if sold to developers. politics want to make sure that owners who are allegedly negligent do not benefit. >> because of his death and moises death can change this and make a difference. yes. nicholas would have bee