Boston Marathon Fatalities Include Boy, Woman and Grad Student
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Courtesy Richard Family | Facebook(BOSTON) — A Boston University graduate student was identified Tuesday as the third person to die from the terrorist bombing at the Boston Marathon.
The two other fatalities from the attack were identified earlier Tuesday as a boy and a young woman.
“The student was one of three friends who watched the race near the finish line,” Boston University posted on its website. “Another of the three students, also a BU grad student, was injured and is in stable condition at Boston Medical Center.”
The university did not release the student’s name, pending permission from the family. The injured BU student underwent surgery and is recovering. The third BU student was unharmed.
Earlier Tuesday, Krystle Campbell, 29, joined Martin Richard, 8, as the two other fatalities identified from Monday’s attack.
Campbell’s parents, William Campbell Jr. and Patty Campbell, at first thought their daughter’s friend had been killed, but later learned that it was their daughter who was the victim, according to ABC News’ Boston affiliate WCVB-TV.
The parents discovered their daughter was the one who had died when they were finally allowed to see the patient who had survived.
“I said, ‘That’s not my daughter. That’s Karen! Where’s my daughter?'” Patty Campbell told WCVB.
“My daughter was the most lovable girl. She helped everybody and I’m just so shocked right now. We’re just devastated,” William Campbell Jr. told Yahoo News. “She was a wonderful, wonderful girl. Always willing to lend a hand.”
The parents are struggling to comprehend their loss.
“We can’t believe it,” Patty Campbell told WCVB. “This is just a waste.”
She said her daughter was at the race to cheer on a friend.
A sobbing Patty Campbell later made a brief statement from the family’s porch: “We are heartbroken at the death of our daughter Krystle Marie. She was a wonderful person. Everybody loved her. She had a heart of gold and was always smiling. She worked hard in everything she did. You couldn’t ask for a better daughter. This doesn’t make any sense. “
The deaths of Campbell and Richard, who was from Dorchester, Mass., has left the country in mourning. The boy’s mother and sister were also seriously wounded in the bombings.
Martin was remembered as a typical 8-year-old who loved to ride his bike and play baseball, according to a neighbor.
A single candle was placed in front of his home overnight in Dorchester, Mass.
“There are no words to describe how they are feeling … we are feeling,” neighbor Jane Sherman told WCVB, adding that the family is close-knit.
More than 170 people were also injured in the attack.
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