Brother Remembers Bomb Victim
A dozen Americans and 24 Kenyans inside the U.S. embassy in Nairobi were confirmed dead from the terrorist bombing Friday morning.
The bodies of 11 Americans were loaded onto an Air Force plane for a final trip back to the United States Monday. The 12th American, Jean Dalizu, who was married to a Kenyan, will be buried in her adopted homeland.
Among the dead was U.S. Air Force accountant Arlene Kirk of South Bend, Ind.
Her brother, Dennis Bradley, found out about his sister's death on Friday from a friend. He had heard news of the bombing earlier.
"I had made several calls early in the morning trying to find out after I heard about the bombing," Bradley told CBS 'This Morning' Co-Anchor Mark McEwen.
Kirk had just returned to Kenya after spending six weeks at her home in South Bend, Ind.
 Dennis Bradley |
"The six weeks were great for her," Bradley recalled. "She and her family, they visited relatives and friends."
Kirk had lived in Africa for over 20 years. Bradley said his sister liked "just being able to do something good for somebody."
"I remember my sister as a very dedicated, very organized person, a person who would bend over backwards to help anybody if she could."
But she and her family had planned to return home to the U.S. for good.
"They spoke about coming back to the states, and they were going to move to Virginia. Their son would go to high school there, and they have a daughter at Tuskegee now. They felt the family would be somewhat together then."
Kirk left behind a husband and two children. Bradley says his nephew has taken the news particularly hard.
"He and his mom, as he said, they were bonding, he felt," said Bradley.
American medical examiners began releasing the bodies of the 10 Tanzanians killed to their families Monday.
Survivors of the bombing honored their dead at a private memorial service Sunday at Ambassador Prudence B. Bushnell's residence.