Community members and loved ones joined City Council Member Ari Kagan and other elected officials at Thursday’s candlelight vigil for three children killed in Coney Island Monday.

Police say 7-year-old Zachary Merdy, 4-year-old Liliana Merdy and 3-month-old Oliver Bondarev were found unconscious at Coney Island Beach after a concerned family member called 911 shortly before 2 a.m. to report their mother may have harmed them, according to police.

“I can’t imagine doing anything to harm my baby anything,” said Tamara Khalik, a Coney Island resident who attended the vigil.

Zachary played on the City Silverbacks little league football team. Teammates like Joanis Franks also came out to honor Zack and his siblings’ lives.

“We are here today to pray, to remember, so you think about these three angels,” said Kagan.

Police said the children’s mother, 30-year-old Erin Merdy, was charged with murder in connection with their deaths, which have been ruled homicides.

After locating the single mother at Brighton 6th Street and Riegelman Boardwalk barefoot, soaking wet, and despondent, police say emergency responders found the children with signs of drowning near near W 35th - the site of Thursday’s vigil.

“New York City and New York State are going through a mental health crisis right now,” said Assemblymember Mathylde Frontus.

“When we see things that don’t seem right, we gotta reach out and help each other, we really do even when we are afraid to upset her family,” state Sen. Diane Savino added.

These messages that resonate with Khalik, who — like Merdy — is also a single mother who has 4 children.

“It’s hard to be a single mother. I’m struggling trying to make ends meet,” Khalik said.

Which is why Connie Jones, a program assistant for outreach non-profit Urban Neighborhood Services works hard to spread the word about their mental health services.

“A lot of people in the community are, don’t feel comfortable reaching out for the services they need, especially mental health,” Jones said.

Joanis’ dad, Xavier Franks, who has been receiving mental health services from the program, agrees.

“It’s the stigma of just going to therapy,” Franks said. “People like to say mental health like people are crazy, it just needs to be portrayed differently in urban communities.”

Nothing will bring Zachary, Liliana and Oliver back. But community members hope spreading mental health awareness can prevent similar tragedies.

“Like they said, depression postpartum depression mental illness is very real,” Kalik said.