Romanian killed in London terrorist attack is remembered five years on
euronews.comThe sister of a Romanian tourist who died after a London terrorist attack has paid tribute to her "beautiful, smart and soulful" sibling.
Andreea Cristea, 31, was among those killed in the incident five years ago today on 22 March 2017.
She was thrown into the River Thames when Khalid Masood, 52, drove into pedestrians on Westminister Bridge before stabbing a policeman in the grounds of the UK parliament. Andreea was pulled from the river but died later in hospital.
Her sister, Magda Țoi, told Euronews that five years on she couldn't understand why fate had been so cruel to Andreea.
She described her as "a beautiful, smart, involved, soulful girl with a great zest for life".
"It's very difficult what we feel, it can't be described in words," said Magda. "She was just a child. She was only 31 years old, all her life before [her]. She wanted to start a family, all her dreams were shattered in a split second. She was in the wrong place at the wrong time."
Andreea, from Constanța on Romania's Black Sea coast, had been visiting London with her boyfriend, Andrei Burnaz, who was celebrating his birthday on the day of the attack.
Magda said it had been Andrei who had broken the news of the incident to her.
"I didn't understand what he was saying, he was screaming, he was saying he couldn't find her," Magda told Euronews Romania.
"I told him to look for her. He told me it was an accident, he didn't know where Andreea was, that maybe she jumped into the water.
"Then I turned on the television and saw what happened. All television stations reported that a woman had fallen into the water.
"Then I started calling all the hospitals. I was giving her signals, no one was telling me anything, I was not receiving any information.
"In the
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