An emotional Ariana Grande was seen for the first time since the terror attack at her Manchester concert on Monday as she touched down in her hometown of Boca Raton, Florida.
An emotional Ariana Grande was seen for the first time since the terror attack at her Manchester concert on Monday as she touched down in her hometown of Boca Raton, Florida.
The pop star could be seen in tears as she exited a private jet and was greeted by her boyfriend Mac Miller, who was waiting on the tarmac to comfort the 23-year-old singer.
Ariana, who was dressed in head-to-toe black, shared a lengthy embrace and kiss with Miller before being whisked away in an SUV caravan to a family member’s home in a nearby gated community.
Miller could also been seen warmly embracing Ariana’s mother Joan, who like her daughter was dressed entirely in black, and giving her a kiss on the cheek as he helped her into one of the waiting vehicles.
Police cars were also seen surrounding Joan’s nearby home, less than 24 hours after 22 people lost their lives and another 119 were injured when a improvised device went off inside Manchester Arena just moments after Ariana performed her final song.
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Joan was one of the people in attendance when the bomb exploded on Monday and heading backstage to congratulate her daughter when the night suddenly described into chaos.
Rather than panic however, she immediately got to work helping some of the young concertgoers make their way out of the arena and safely backstage, where she stayed with the group and helped to calm them down amidst the mayhem.
Ariana has yet to speak publicly about the devastating attack, but did post a message on Twitter early Tuesday, writing: ‚broken. from the bottom of my heart, i am so sorry. i don’t have words.‘
The pop star has also now indefinitely delayed her much-anticipated European tour, which kicked off in Stockholm on May 8 and was set to wrap up on June 15 in Rome.
She and Joan made a quick and quiet departure from England early Tuesday morning with a little help from fellow pop star Taylor Swift, who lent the two women one of her private jets.
ISIS is now taking credit for the Monday night massacre, with authorities identifying 22-year-old Salman Abedi as the suicide bomber responsible for the carnage.
The blast from Abedi’s improvised devise went off just seconds after Ariana finished her final song of the evening, with some of the injured victims telling authorities that the explosive appeared to be filled with nails and nuts.
Abedi is the British-born son of Libyan immigrants.
Police are still investigating whether or not Abedi might have been aided by any accomplices in the attack.
The names of the victims are also slowly becoming public, revealing that most were young female teenagers, no doubt thrilled to be seeing Ariana perform live for the first time.
Eight-year-old Saffie Rose Roussos is the youngest victim who has been identified at this time. Even more tragic is the fact that the young girl’s mother Lisa still has no idea as she was left critically injured in the blast and is still fighting for her own life.
