One moment Alex Arrow was texting with his 11-year-old son Kieran Shafritz de Zoysa who was headed to breakfast at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday morning; the next his phone was ringing incessantly with the unfathomable news that his only child was gone. “The terrorists didn’t know what they were killing, but we should know what the world lost,” a teary-eyed Arrow told KTNV on Tuesday. SRI LANKA EXPATS WAIT TO RECONNECT AMID SOCIAL MEDIA BLOCKKieran was one of an estimated 45 children killed in a string of coordinated terrorist attacks that ripped through Sri Lanka on Sunday, and one of four U.S. citizens who lost their lives after seven suicide bombers detonated at five-star hotels and churches commemorating Easter morning. “I don’t know what is in the mind of a terrorist, but I’m sure they do not know what they took, what they took from the world,” Arrow said. SRI LANKA EASTER BOMBINGS SPURS CALL TO BAN BURQAS AMID REPORTS SOME OF THE ATTACKERS WERE WOMENWhile reflecting on their memories, Arrow said his son had wanted to follow in the footsteps of both his parents and attend Harvard.

Source: Fox News April 23, 2019 16:52 UTC