Heather Hall familyAn American who died in a deadly crash was identified in the deadly Lisbon as Heather Hall, a mother of two children and a university teacher who was visiting Portugal from the US state of South Carolina.
Hall’s career, coach at Charleston College, was among the 16 people who died when Gloria was crashed into a building on Wednesday. It was the only American that was killed in the accident.
Her family said that Mrs. Hall “died in doing what she did better – life is fully living, boldly, and with an open heart of the world.”
Charleston College said in a statement that it had worked as a teacher of literacy and special education and was in Lisbon to speak at a conference.
Her family said that Mrs. Hall was a graduate of the first generation of the college returned to the mother to the mother as a teacher, where she was passionate about “the creation of comprehensive spaces for children and adults with disabilities.”
She worked in the Charleston deficit council and was “an indisputable advocate of property, acting and belonging,” her family said, describing her as a person who has developed “deep links” with her friends who felt “in her opinion really and shaken by her.”
Her family said that her largest achievement, though, was her two children.
Her family said: “She believed in them with all her heart and did not want to live their entire lives.”
She was a researcher at Volberatite in Ghana, and she loved to travel – including on study trips abroad with students in Italy and planning trips to Iceland and Blaze.
“This is a tragic loss for all of us,” Fran Walsh, Dean of the College of Education at Charleston College, said in a statement. “Its energy and kindness will be missed and the student’s scope is expanded.”
Several colleagues and friends posted an emotional greeting on social media.
Adam Jordan, associate professor in the College of Education, said that “he will often ask if you are in the matrix and [Ms Hall] It was New.
“I somehow managed to overcome the system, working outside the algorithm,” he wrote on Facebook.
“There is no full void of the death of Heather. She was a very bright star.”
Gety picturesMelissa Nigros, an assistant professor at the college on Facebook, wrote, “Melissa Nigros, a college assistant professor on Facebook:” I have dedicated to the degree of special education and the life of everyone who touched. ” “We will always cherish your knowledge.”
Senator South Carolina Tim Scott said he was “very sad” to hear her death.
“Our hearts go out to her family, friends, colleagues and students during this difficult time,” he wrote.
The surface railway in the city – Glória, Lavra, Bica and Graça – is a famous tourist attraction, as the bright tram -like yellow vehicles rolled in the mountain streets.
Portuguese officials, who are investigating its oblique crash on Wednesday in Lisbon, said that the cable along the railway was picked up, but the rest of the mechanism was operating properly.
Investigators added that Brackman tried to implement the emergency brakes, but he failed to prevent decreased breeds.
Sixteen people died and about 20 people were injured when the upper transport was shattered by Glória.
Police said five of the dead were Portuguese with three British, southern Koreans, Canadians, Americans, Ukrainian, Swiss and French citizens.
The 140-year-old wounded drops are designed to travel up and down the slopes of Lisbon very slope, an important form of transportation for the city’s residents-a famous tourist attraction.