Charleston College confirmed on Friday that one of its coaches was among the 16 people who were killed in the crash of the famous railway in Lisbon on Wednesday, which shocked Portugal and led to pointed questions about the cause of the accident.
Heather Hall, a member of the Teachers’ Education College, was the only American who was killed in the accident, who was also wounded by 21. Among the dead were five Portuguese citizens, two South Koreans, the other Swiss, three British citizens, two Canadians, French French and one Ukrainian, according to the Portuguese police.
Fran Walsh, Dean of the College of Education, said in a statement that Hall was in Lisbon to speak at a conference.
“This is a tragic loss for all of us,” said Walsh. “As a graduate from the college (97) and a dynamic coach with specialization, she shared her love to travel with her students.”
The statement indicated that Hall was a researcher at Volibright in Ghana and took her students on trips abroad to Italy.
“Her energy and kindness will be missed and the student will be deepened in depth,” he added.
Hall’s passion for traveling on her Facebook page is highlighted in Havana, Venice and Colosium in Rome.
The mantic debris, known as EXTEVADOR DA GLUNIA, was overnight and placed in the police custody.
Alexander Rodriguez, commander of the fire brigade in Lisbon, told reporters on Wednesday that the authorities had been alerted about the deviation at 6:01 pm local time (12:01 pm East time) and arrived within three minutes. He said that the surfaces that went out of its course were crashed into a building.
Becky Bretton, of Minnesota, was spending vacation in the city with her husband when she walked at the scene and saw what she described as a massacre.
She said, “I feel sad, and when you are real here. If this happens to us, and our families, we would have been notified and this is only devastating.”
Emergency officials said that all the victims were withdrawn from the debris within two hours.
It has been classified as the national memorial, and the brutal GLORIA Restaurant Garden of St. Peter of Alcântara, the famous park in Alto neighborhood.
The service, which was opened in 1885, rises and dropped a few hundred meters from the hill on a traffic road free of traffic along with one in the opposite direction. It is a common attraction with tourists in Lisbon, usually long lines of people to ride a brief horse.
Steel cables mocked, can carry more than 40 people, sitting and standing, and is commonly used by Lisbon residents.
The Government Office for Air Investigations and Railways is expected to issue a preliminary technical report on the accident on Saturday.