Central Texas father, son killed in France attack

“Their family, like so many others, are devastated, are grieving: they need all the love and support of our American family as they grapple with unimaginable loss and try to get through what are going to be very hard days”, U.S. President Barack Obama said at an event in Washington, D.C.

That’s when a truck came barreling out of the darkness, plowing through the crowd.

Maegan Copeland, Sean Copeland’s 29-year-old daughter, also was on the trip. She also added the hashtags “CopelandFamily”.

“The last time all the cousins were together”, she said.

Pictures posted by family members showed Brodie in various poses wearing his baseball uniform.

Sean Copeland coached youth baseball, and Brodie played in the league.

Sean Copeland was the vice president of North and South America of the Kapow Software Division of Lexmark Corporation, Davis said.

Their death spurred condolences ranging from Texas Congressman Joaquin Castro to Florida Gov. Rick Scott. “You will be missed but we know you were needed for bigger and better things”, wrote Bill Bishop in a comment on the Facebook post.

“My friend and I were walking on the promenade”.

Brendan Phillips, another Georgia Tech student who was with Walker, described the large crowd that ran towards them and his initial fears of a stampede.

USA officials have not confirmed American victims, but a family representative told NBC News that Sean Copeland and his 11-year-old son Brodie, were among the dead.

A GoFundMe.com page was set up, seeking to raise $100,000 for the family.

“Then on to flamenco dancing in Barcelona and they had been celebrating Bastille Day in Nice when this unthinkable and unfair act of terror took Sean and Brodie from the world far too soon”, Davis said.

“They were there on vacation with my two other cousins and aunt celebrating a birthday”, Haley Copeland said on Facebook, identifying herself as Sean Copeland’s niece and Brodie’s cousin.

Victim Mohammed bin Abdel Qader al-Toukabri, who was born in 1958, hailed from Tunisia’s Beja Governorate and worked as a mechanic in Nice, the ministry said.

“Now, more than ever, we must unite with our allies around the globe to end the scourge of radical Islamic terrorism that threatens our freedoms and civilization itself”, he said.