UNBEARABLE LOSS

Ann-Laure Decadt, 31, the mother of two young sons, including a three- month- old, had travelled for a weeklong vacation with her mother and two sisters to New York from a rural town in Belgium.

Decadt belonged to a prominent family that owns a venerable animal feed business in Staden, a town 100 km west of Brussels.

She was riding a bike when she was struck from behind by the terrorist’s truck.

“This loss is unbearable and unthinkable,” her husband Alexander Naessens said in a statement. “Ann- Laure was a fantastic wife and she was the most beautiful mom to our two sons.”

Decadt grew up in the town and was active in its social scene, taking part in the scouts movement, the youth council and village fairs, said Staden’s mayor, Francesco Vanderjeugd.

Vanderjeugd said he had been delighted when he first heard that Decadt was going to New York.

He even sent the family a message saying: “Wow, you’ll have a great time there, with Halloween and the New York marathon and all.”

“And then this happens,” he said.