that at least 26 foreigners were among the dead in the Saturday night incident. Anne Gieske is believed to be one of two killed from the United States.
Anne Gieske, a 20-year-old nursing student at the University of Kentucky, was identified as one of more than 150 people killed when a huge Halloween party crowd surged into a narrow alley in Seoul, South Korea. The nursing student was studying abroad in South Korea with two other students and one faculty member,. She had celebrated her 20th birthday in Seoul, just one day before the tragic Halloween party.
“We are completely devastated and heartbroken over the loss of Anne Marie. She was a bright light loved by all. We ask for your prayers but also the respect of our privacy. Anne’s final gift to us was dying in the state of sanctifying grace. We know we will one day be reunited with her in God’s Kingdom,” her parents, Dan and Madonna Gieske,As details of what exactly happened are still unfolding, the University of Kentucky said it is offering services to those who were affected by the tragedy.
The second U.S. citizen killed in South Korea was identified as 20-year-old Steven Blesi, an international business major who was in the country as part of a study abroad program,