A family member heard the bombs go off at the Brussel Airport while speaking on the phone to Alexander and Sascha Pinczowski before the call dropped, according to the New York Daily News.
The two were returning to New York from the Netherlands, where they were visiting relatives, according to CBS News. Alexander was engaged to former U.S. ambassador to Denmark James Cain's daughter.
A total of 270 were injured in the Brussels attacks, including 12 Americans.
Sebastien Bellin, a former member of the men's basketball team at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, suffered serious injuries in the Brussels attacks. For more on that, check this previous report from Daily Voice.
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