The names of the 8 New York City terror attack victims

The eight people killed in a truck attack in New York City on Tuesday were two young Americans, a Belgian mother and five Argentine tourists visiting New York City to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their high school graduation.

Police identified the victims as:

-- Darren Drake, 32, of New Milford, New Jersey

-- Nicholas Cleves, 23, of New York, New York

-- Ann-Laure Decadt, 31, of Belgium

-- Hernan Diego Mendoza-Espino, 47, of Argentina

-- Alejandro Damian Pagrucco, 47, of Argentina

-- Herman Ferruchi, 47, of Argentina

-- Diego Enrique Angelini, 47, of Argentina

-- Ariel Erlis, 48, of Argentina


The man accused of plowing into the victims on a lower Manhattan bike path Tuesday had apparently been planning the attack for a number of weeks, police officials said today. Besides the eight deaths, 12 people were injured.

Drake would have turned 33 on Nov. 18, according to his father, ABC station WABC-TV in New York reported. Darren was his only child.

PHOTO: Darren Drakes father, Jimmy, holds a photo of his son who was killed in the New York City truck attack on Oct. 31, 2017.WABC
Darren Drake's father, Jimmy, holds a photo of his son who was killed in the New York City truck attack on Oct. 31, 2017.more +
According to WABC-TV, Cleves, from Boston, was an only child living with his mother in New York. He rode his bike all the time, WABC-TV said.

Decadt was a mother of two sons, ages 3 years and 3 months. Decadt’s husband, Alexander Naessens, called her death unbearable. She was on a trip with her mother and two sisters at the time of the attack, Naessens said in a statement today translated from his native Flemish.

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