Brussels victims came from US. Belgium and around the world

This photo provided on Wednesday March 30, 2016 by Wenger Manufacturing shows employee Belgian Nic Coopman. The 58-year-old was at Brussels airport to catch a business flight when he was killed in the March 22 bombings. Coopman was a service technician in the Antwerp office of the firm, which makes extrusion equipment for the food and feed industry. (Family photo courtesy of Wenger Manufacturing via AP) This photo provided on Wednesday March 30, 2016 by Wenger Manufacturing shows employee Belgian Nic Coopman. The 58-year-old was at Brussels airport to catch a business flight when he was killed in the March 22 bombings. Coopman was a service technician in the Antwerp office of the firm, which makes extrusion equipment for the food and feed industry. (Family photo courtesy of Wenger Manufacturing via AP)

By Associated Press March 31, 2016 20 min read

Victims of the attacks on Brussels’ airport and subway included commuters heading to work, travelers starting long-anticipated vacations, expatriates setting out to visit distant homelands. They came from dozens of nations to a cosmopolitan city that’s home to the European Union, NATO and other international institutions.

Among the confirmed dead:

Gail Minglana Martinez had traveled the world, and her Facebook page carried a line from J.R.R. Tolkien: “Not all who wander are lost.”

A native of southeast Texas married to a U.S. Air Force officer, 41-year-old Martinez was killed in the March 22 attack on Brussels airport. Her husband and their four children were all wounded.

Martinez’ death was confirmed by U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold, who said in a statement that he had spoken to Martinez’s brother. Her husband, Lt. Col. Kato Martinez – a military assistant to the commander at NATO’s Joint Force Command in the Netherlands – and the couple’s four children remain hospitalized.