RIP, Krystle.
Via ABC News:
A woman who was at the Boston marathon to cheer on a friend was identified today as the second person to die in the terrorist bombing.
Krystle Campbell, 29, joins Martin Richard, 8, as the two fatalities from the Monday attack. A third person who died in the twin blasts has not yet been identified.
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.
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.”