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Alexander
and Sascha Pinczowski were siblings living in Belgium, but they never
lingered in one place for long. The children of a hotel manager, they
had lived in Turkey, Greece and Germany, and were on their way back to
New York, a city they both ...
Alexander
and Sascha Pinczowski were siblings living in Belgium, but they never
lingered in one place for long. The children of a hotel manager, they
had lived in Turkey, Greece and Germany, and were on their way back to
New York, a city they both loved, when they arrived at the departures
hall at Brussels Airport on Tuesday.
Mr.
Pinczowski was going to meet his fiancée in New York, where he and his
sister recently lived, so they could attend a wedding together in North
Carolina. His sister was planning to spend the weekend with friends.
They were standing in the Delta ticket line and were on the phone with
their mother, Marjan Pinczowski-Fasbender, when two bombs exploded.
James
Cain, the father of Mr. Pinczowski’s fiancée, Cameron Cain, said in an
interview that family and friends who had gathered in Brussels learned
Friday morning that Ms. Pinczowski, 26, and Mr. Pinczowski, 29, had not
survived the blasts.
Mr.
Pinczowski and Ms. Cain, who met five years ago in North Carolina, both
loved to travel and were interested in world news and politics.
“The
first time I met him, I thought ‘Gosh, this young man thinks he knows
more than I do about international affairs,’ ” said Mr. Cain, a former
United States ambassador to Denmark. “And after a year or so, I
realized, ‘He does.’ ”
The siblings were opposites, but they were close, said Christine Moore, a family friend.
“Alex has always been more of an intellectual,” Ms. Moore said in an interview, “and Sascha is gregarious but very sweet.”
Ms.
Pinczowski, who spoke five languages, had an active social life in New
York, with friends who worked in fashion and night clubs. She had
attended Marymount Manhattan College and was interested in events
production. She had interned at Unicef and was hoping to pursue a career
in the city, Mr. Cain said.
Her brother loved traveling and animals. In an Instagram account dedicated to his dog, Nelson, a wire-haired vizsla, Mr. Pinczowski posted occasional photos of his sister and parents.
Both
siblings were Dutch and lived in a Belgian suburb of Maastricht, the
Netherlands, but they hoped to become American citizens and considered
New York a second home, Mr. Cain said. On Friday, Mayor Bill de Blasio
of New York called them “two of our own.”
“In memory of the Pinczowski siblings, we will continue to stand up to terror at every turn,” the mayor wrote on Twitter.
Gov.
Andrew M. Cuomo of New York released a statement on Friday extending
prayers and condolences to the siblings’ family and others affected by
the attacks, “on behalf of all New Yorkers.”
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