Missing New York siblings Sascha and Alexander
Pinczowski whose cell phone went dead while
they were talking to their mom at the airport
when that terror bomb blast went off on
Tuesday have been confirmed dead on Friday.
Pinczowski whose cell phone went dead while
they were talking to their mom at the airport
when that terror bomb blast went off on
Tuesday have been confirmed dead on Friday.
They were named as part of the 31 killed in the
Brussels terror attacks.
Brussels terror attacks.
The heartbreaking news ended a desperate
search that started the moment their cell call
from the airport to their mom in Holland
sounded like it “went underwater” and then went
dead, James Cain, whose daughter Cameron was
engaged to Alexander, told the Daily News.
search that started the moment their cell call
from the airport to their mom in Holland
sounded like it “went underwater” and then went
dead, James Cain, whose daughter Cameron was
engaged to Alexander, told the Daily News.
“It’s agonizing beyond any parent’s worst
nightmare,” said Cain, a former U.S.
ambassador to Denmark.
nightmare,” said Cain, a former U.S.
ambassador to Denmark.
“They had no other children,” Cain said of
parents Edmond and Marjan. “They are
strong Dutch fiber, but you can only
imagine how devastating this is for
them.”
parents Edmond and Marjan. “They are
strong Dutch fiber, but you can only
imagine how devastating this is for
them.”
Cain said that the Belgian authorities met with
the families of missing people and shared the
names of the remaining survivors late Thursday.
the families of missing people and shared the
names of the remaining survivors late Thursday.
“Then Friday morning authorities and the
ambassador came to visit the family and
confirmed that overnight the remains of Sascha
and Alexander had been positively identified,” he
said.
ambassador came to visit the family and
confirmed that overnight the remains of Sascha
and Alexander had been positively identified,” he
said.
He said the siblings only comfort was knowing
that they are together.
that they are together.
“The parents and Cameron were able to
visit with them one last time this
afternoon,” he said Friday after flying
with Cameron to Brussels.
visit with them one last time this
afternoon,” he said Friday after flying
with Cameron to Brussels.
Funeral services are expected next week near
the family’s home in Lanaken, Belgium, outside
Maastricht, Holland, he said.
the family’s home in Lanaken, Belgium, outside
Maastricht, Holland, he said.

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