A WORLD OF PAIN:
Carnage killed and injured people of all nationalities from across 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.
was a good man and a loving husband to our sister and daughter, Melissa.
“We express our gratitude to the emergency and medical personnel who have cared for them, and ask for your prayers on behalf of Melissa and our family.”
Melissa’s sister, Sara Payne-Mcfarland, wrote on Facebook: “Our hearts are broken and will never be the same after losing our dear uncle, brotherin-law, father. Kurt, you are a HERO, and we will never forget you.”
A graphic account of the horror was given yesterday by a teenager who witnessed it while on a school trip to Westminster.
Student Courtenay Paggett, 17, and her classmates escaped being caught up in the carnage after their teacher He was rushed to hospital but he died yesterday morning. Wife Melissa was recovering in hospital yesterday. The US couple, who ran a recording studio, had been due to return home to Salt Lake City, Utah yesterday after several weeks in Europe. They had travelled to London to visit Melissa’s parents, who were on a Mormon mission in the capital. In a statement released by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Melissa’s brother Clint Payne said: “Our family is heartbroken to learn of the death of our brother, and son-in-law, Kurt W Cochran. Kurt one of several foreign nationals injured in the attack.
They included four South Korean tourists, two from Greece, one German, one Pole, one Irish citizen, one Chinese person and one Italian.
Twelve British people were also injured.
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.
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