Bharti Shahani, 22, died nearly one week after the music festival.
A 22-year-old college student has died nearly one week after she was critically injured at the in Houston, marking the ninth person killed in the tragedy, her family’s attorney announced Thursday. Bharti Shahani was a student at Texas A&M University where she studied computer science. Bharti died at an intensive care unit surrounded by her family around 7 p.m. Wednesday night, her father said at a news conference Thursday. She has two sisters, one of whom was at the festival with her. “Now, I am worried about my two daughters and my wife,” her father said. “What will be the impact on them after we lost our precious angel?” Her mother, Karishma, said, “Bharti is love – I won’t be able to live without her. It’s impossible.” Namrata, her younger sister who was at the festival, said she was holding her sister’s hand before they got separated in the crowd surge. The last thing Bharti said to her was, “Are you OK?” Namrata said her sister was like a second mother to her.
