Kurt Cochran was knocked off Westminster Bridge to his death, but family says he wouldn’t have had «ill feelings towards anyone»<\/b>
Kurt Cochran\u2019s wife Melissa was not at a news conference in London on Monday morning — she\u2019s still in the hospital recovering — but 11 of her family members were, many of them having flown all the way from Utah to be by her side.
Utah couple Kurt and Melissa Cochran were on a trip to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary when they became one of the first victims of the …
\u201cHer health is steadily improving, and she has been strengthened by the presence of her family,\u201d Melissa\u2019s brother, Clint Payne, said. \u201cShe is so grateful for the outpouring of love and generosity.\u201d
He said she is still recovering from a broken leg and rib. Her mother Sandra said she\u2019s also just coming to terms with the attack that took her husband\u2019s life.
Immediately after the attack, a photo emerged of Melissa laying on the ground, bloodied, but with strength in her eyes.
The family said Monday that it was \u201cheart-wrenching for us to see this picture of her,\u201d but that every day she\u2019s getting stronger.
Photos of the London attack near Parliament
\u201cWe know that Kurt wouldn\u2019t bear ill feelings towards anyone and we can draw strength as a family from that,\u201d Payne said. \u201cHis whole life was an example of focusing on the positive. Not pretending that negative things don\u2019t exist, but not living our life in the negative — that\u2019s what we choose to do.\u201d
Melissa and Kurt were on the last day of their dream European vacation when they became a couple of the first victims in the attack. They were walking across Westminster Bridge when the speeding car struck them on the sidewalk.
Kurt went over the side of the bridge and fell onto a concrete slab 20 feet below.
In all, four people were killed when Khalid Massood drove his car down the sidewalk before crashing into a fence around the Houses of Parliament and then stabbing a police officer.<\/p>\n

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