India, April 17 -- The man whose tragic death on a New York City R train shocked the nation last week is being remembered not for the disturbing circumstances that followed but for the life he lived as a devoted father and provider, reported Mirror.

Jorge Gonzalez, who passed away late at night on April 8, was later found to have been sexually abused post-mortem by another man on the subway. Surveillance footage reportedly captured the horrifying act shortly before the suspect exited the train at Whitehall Street station in Lower Manhattan.

Despite the gruesome nature of the incident, Gonzalez's estranged wife, Teresa, is urging the public to remember the man behind the headlines. "He wasn't just a random person, he was a father, he was...