Man killed in London a good man, family says

The family of US tourist Kurt Cochran who was killed in last week’s assault on the British parliament said yesterday he would not have borne any ill feelings towards the attacker.

Cochran, 54, and his wife, Melissa, were in Europe to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary when they were mowed down on Westminster Bridge by a car driven by British man, Khalid Masood, who went on to fatally stab an unarmed policeman at the parliament building.

The couple from Utah had been due to return to the United States the day after the attack took place last Wednesday.

“We know that Kurt wouldn’t bear ill feelings towards anyone and we can draw strength as a family from that,” Clint Payne, Cochran’s brother-in-law, told a news conference at police headquarters, just yards from where the attack took place.

“His whole life was an example of focusing on the positive.

Not pretending that negative things don’t exist but not living our life in the negative — that’s what we choose to do.” Cochran was one of four people killed in the assault.