<p class="speakable">Speaking to hundreds of mourners on Thursday, the daughter of slain Blackstone executive Wesley LePatner delivered a tearful eulogy as her mother was laid to rest after she was shot to death in the lobby of her <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/new-york-city" rel="noopener" target="_blank">New York City</a> office building earlier this week. </p><p class="speakable">"My mom was like my rock," the 14-year-old told the congregation at Central Synagogue in Midtown Manhattan, <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/07/31/us-news/teen-daughter-husband-deliver-moving-eulogies-at-funeral-for-nyc-shooting-victim-wesley-lepatner-my-mom-was-like-my-rock/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">according to</a> the New York Post. </p><p>LePatner was <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/mass-shootings" rel="noopener" target="_blank">gunned down</a> in the lobby of 345 Park Avenue on Monday after a man opened fire inside the office building, killing four people before taking his own life.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/nypd-officers-line-streets-honor-colleague-killed-park-ave-shooting" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>NYPD OFFICERS LINE STREETS TO HONOR COLLEAGUE KILLED IN PARK AVE SHOOTING </strong></a></p><p>"I went over this scenario a thousand times in my head, and I only thought it would happen when I was older," the teen said. </p><p>The heartfelt tribute continued, with LePatner’s tearful daughter describing her anguish. </p><p>"I never imagined this happening when I was 14," she said. "It’s just unimaginable that this actually happened. I keep thinking it’s a prank or like a lucid dream, and that someone’s going to jump out and say, ‘Ha, ha. It was all a joke.’</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/nyc-shooting-timeline-shows-gunman-moved-with-speed-in-cross-country-drive-that-ended-with-office-bloodshed" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>NYC SHOOTING TIMELINE SHOWS GUNMAN MOVED WITH SPEED IN CROSS-COUNTRY DRIVE THAT ENDED WITH OFFICE BLOODSHED</strong></a></p><p>The 43-year-old and her husband, Evan LePatner, have two children together. The pair met at Yale University, according to the New York Post. </p><p>"How does the husband of a giant like Wesley possibly capture her in a short eulogy?" he asked mourners. </p><p>"There’s a huge, gaping Mount Everest-sized hole in my life right now," the grieving husband said. "I know everyone here has different-sized versions of it from her loss." </p><p>LePatner worked as the chief executive officer of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, <a href="https://www.blackstone.com/people/wesley-lepatner/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><u>according to</u></a> the company’s website. </p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/manhattan-high-rise-shooting-victims-nypd-officer-blackstone-executive-security-guard-among-killed" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>MANHATTAN HIGH-RISE SHOOTING VICTIMS: NYPD OFFICER, BLACKSTONE EXECUTIVE AND SECURITY GUARD AMONG THOSE KILLED</strong></a></p><p>"It is overwhelming and awesome all at once," her husband said. "It speaks to the supernatural abilities Wesley had and the way she made the world better for all of us." </p><p>LePatner’s father, Larry Mittman, remembered that his newborn daughter seemed "to have the most intelligent eyes that I have ever seen." </p><p>"I held Wesley in my arms with these two huge eyes, looking not only at me, but looking around the delivery room," Mittman said. "And it was almost like a periscope circling the room."</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/apps-products" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP</strong></a></p><p>LePatner previously served on the UJA-Federation of New York board with Merryl Tisch, the mother of NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, who referred to LePatner as her "beautiful friend" at a vigil earlier this week, the Post reported. </p><p>Three additional victims – <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/blue-lives-lost" rel="noopener" target="_blank">NYPD Police Officer</a> Didarul Islam, security guard Aland Etienne and a Rudin employee – were also remembered at services throughout the city following their deaths. </p><p>LePatner’s daughter spoke about the scope of her loss, telling those gathered, "Every time I hear the doorbell ring I think it’s her, and I get excited. I just miss her so much."</p>