Natasha Simpson, an 11-year-old American slain in the terrorist attack at the Rome airport last Friday, was buried today after a emotional funeral mass attended by her classmates and several hundred other people.
She was one of five Americans slain when four gunmen hurled grenades and fired into a crowd of holiday travelers at Leonardo da Vinci Airport. The toll in that attack and a second one carried out minutes later by three assailants at the Vienna airport was 18 people dead and more than 110 wounded.
Funeral at College Chapel
Family friends carried Natasha's white coffin into the brick and concrete chapel of the North American College, a theology school. The Rev. Diarmuid Martin, a Vatican official and close family friend, celebrated the mass for Natasha, who was a straight-A student in the sixth grade at Marymount International School.
Natasha was born on April 28th, 1974 in Rome, Italy. She was an American citizen. She passed away from injuries sustained in the terrorist airport attacks in Rome on December 27th, 1985 while readying with her family to travel back to the United States to visit family.
Natasha was the oldest child of Victor and Daniela Simpson, both American reporters who have lived in Italy for more than a decade. Her father is news editor of the Rome bureau of the Associated Press and her mother works for Time Magazine.
She is survived by her father, noted journalist Victor L. Simpson, her mother, noted journalist Antonia Daniela Petroff Simpson (Daniela) and her younger brother Michael Simpson.
She was one of five Americans slain when four gunmen hurled grenades and fired into a crowd of holiday travelers at Leonardo da Vinci Airport. The toll in that attack and a second one carried out minutes later by three assailants at the Vienna airport was 18 people dead and more than 110 wounded.
Funeral at College Chapel
Family friends carried Natasha's white coffin into the brick and concrete chapel of the North American College, a theology school. The Rev. Diarmuid Martin, a Vatican official and close family friend, celebrated the mass for Natasha, who was a straight-A student in the sixth grade at Marymount International School.
Natasha was born on April 28th, 1974 in Rome, Italy. She was an American citizen. She passed away from injuries sustained in the terrorist airport attacks in Rome on December 27th, 1985 while readying with her family to travel back to the United States to visit family.
Natasha was the oldest child of Victor and Daniela Simpson, both American reporters who have lived in Italy for more than a decade. Her father is news editor of the Rome bureau of the Associated Press and her mother works for Time Magazine.
She is survived by her father, noted journalist Victor L. Simpson, her mother, noted journalist Antonia Daniela Petroff Simpson (Daniela) and her younger brother Michael Simpson.
Natasha Simpson, an 11-year-old American slain in the terrorist attack at the Rome airport last Friday, was buried today after a emotional funeral mass attended by her classmates and several hundred other people.
She was one of five Americans slain when four gunmen hurled grenades and fired into a crowd of holiday travelers at Leonardo da Vinci Airport. The toll in that attack and a second one carried out minutes later by three assailants at the Vienna airport was 18 people dead and more than 110 wounded.
Funeral at College Chapel
Family friends carried Natasha's white coffin into the brick and concrete chapel of the North American College, a theology school. The Rev. Diarmuid Martin, a Vatican official and close family friend, celebrated the mass for Natasha, who was a straight-A student in the sixth grade at Marymount International School.
Natasha was born on April 28th, 1974 in Rome, Italy. She was an American citizen. She passed away from injuries sustained in the terrorist airport attacks in Rome on December 27th, 1985 while readying with her family to travel back to the United States to visit family.
Natasha was the oldest child of Victor and Daniela Simpson, both American reporters who have lived in Italy for more than a decade. Her father is news editor of the Rome bureau of the Associated Press and her mother works for Time Magazine.
She is survived by her father, noted journalist Victor L. Simpson, her mother, noted journalist Antonia Daniela Petroff Simpson (Daniela) and her younger brother Michael Simpson.
She was one of five Americans slain when four gunmen hurled grenades and fired into a crowd of holiday travelers at Leonardo da Vinci Airport. The toll in that attack and a second one carried out minutes later by three assailants at the Vienna airport was 18 people dead and more than 110 wounded.
Funeral at College Chapel
Family friends carried Natasha's white coffin into the brick and concrete chapel of the North American College, a theology school. The Rev. Diarmuid Martin, a Vatican official and close family friend, celebrated the mass for Natasha, who was a straight-A student in the sixth grade at Marymount International School.
Natasha was born on April 28th, 1974 in Rome, Italy. She was an American citizen. She passed away from injuries sustained in the terrorist airport attacks in Rome on December 27th, 1985 while readying with her family to travel back to the United States to visit family.
Natasha was the oldest child of Victor and Daniela Simpson, both American reporters who have lived in Italy for more than a decade. Her father is news editor of the Rome bureau of the Associated Press and her mother works for Time Magazine.
She is survived by her father, noted journalist Victor L. Simpson, her mother, noted journalist Antonia Daniela Petroff Simpson (Daniela) and her younger brother Michael Simpson.
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