Carnage killed and injured from all nationalities across the globe
AN American who died in the Westminster terror attack was in London as part of a 25th anniversary trip with his wife, who was seriously injured in the atrocity. Kurt Cochran, 54, died in hospital yesterday after he was badly injured as he was flung down a stairwell in Wednesday’s attack. He was one of four victims of Khalid Masood’s murderous rampage. Kurt and wife Melissa, 46, were the first to be hit by Masood’s hired Hyundai 4x4 on Westminster Bridge. Melissa suffered a broken leg and rib and was tended to by passers-by, unaware that her husband was lying fatally injured just feet away. She was one of several foreign nationals injured in the attack. Kurt and Melissa Cochran were walking on the south side of Westminster Bridge looking north at the Houses of Parliament when they were hit. Kurt was thrown into the air, clearing a nearby wall and dropping 15ft on to a stairwell below, suffering fatal head injuries and broken bones. He was rushed to hospital but he died yesterday. Wife Melissa was recovering in hospital yesterday. Aysha Frade was on her way to meet her two children when she was mown down by the killer’s car and thrown under a tourist bus. Family said her husband John’s life had “completely fallen apart” after she died on the school run to pick up the girls, aged eight and 11. John was at work at the time and his cousin said: “I can’t even put into words how he’s feeling. The appalling loss of PC Keith Palmer hit home yesterday as his devastated family and weeping MPS paid moving tributes. An MP and former Army colleague fought back tears speaking of his friend in the Commons as tributes poured in from as far afield as Australia. James Cleverly told the Commons how he first met “Gunner Palmer”. Struggling to keep his emotions in check, he said the fallen officer was a “strong, professional public servant.”