Maryam Nuri Mohamed Amin was texting her fiancé, who lives in the UK, when the group’s boat started emptying on Wednesday. She was on her way to England to marry him.
The 24-year-old was one of 27 people killed while attempting to get away from France to cross over to Great Britain. She tried to reassure her betrothed that they would be saved, he told the BBC . However, all but two of the passengers died off the northern French coast.
Relatives gathered in Iraq Friday evening for a memorial service. They are still waiting for the body to be returned to Iraq.
