~ NYC

~ On the street

~ Filipina

~ Maria Luningning Ambrocio

~ 58 years old

Maria Luningning Ambrocio’s death at the hands of a fleeing Times Square mugger came down to a devastating matter of inches, moments and missed connections.

The oncology nurse’s close friend Mimi Escudero knows that all too well — she was supposed to pick up the 58-year-old slaying victim but had car problems that terrible day.