GOP Rep. Brad Wenstrup’s niece killed in Seoul crowd surge

Rep. Brad Wenstrup’s niece, Anne Marie Gieske, passed away in the Halloween crowd rise in Seoul over the weekend, the Ohio Republican politician stated in a declaration Monday.

” Monica and I, and our whole household, are grieving the loss of our niece Anne Marie Gieske. She was a present from God to our household. We liked her a lot,” Wenstrup stated in the declaration.

Wenstrup likewise launched a declaration on behalf of her moms and dads, Dan and Madonna Gieske:.

” We are totally ravaged and heartbroken over the loss of Anne Marie. She was a brilliant light liked by all. We request for your prayers however likewise the regard of our personal privacy. Anne’s last present to us was passing away in the state of sanctifying grace. We understand we will one day be reunited with her in God’s kingdom,” they stated in the declaration supplied by Wenstrup’s workplace.

Gieske, a nursing trainee at the University of Kentucky, had actually been studying abroad in Seoul this term, according to a declaration from the university president, Eli Capilouto.

” We have actually touched with Anne’s household and will supply whatever assistance we can– now and in the days ahead– as they manage this inexpressible loss,” the declaration stated. “We will be there for those in our neighborhood who understood and liked Anne. We likewise have almost 80 trainees from South Korea at UK– members of our neighborhood– who will require our assistance.”.

South Korean authorities are examining the crowd rise that eliminated a minimum of 155 partygoers in Seoul, as the rattled country efforts to come to terms with among its worst-ever catastrophes.

A minimum of 26 foreign nationals, consisting of 2 United States people, are amongst the dead. More than a lots embassies around the world have actually validated victims from their nations.

South Korea has actually started a week-long duration of grieving while authorities try to comprehend how the ravaging crush happened.