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| U.S. Accountants Who Found Adventure in Europe Among Brussels Victims | |
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| Justin Shults, an accountant from the American heartland, found adventure in the heart of Europe. | Justin Shults, an accountant from the American heartland, found adventure in the heart of Europe. |
| After marrying in 2014, he and his wife, Stephanie, both accountants who met at Vanderbilt University in 2011, found jobs in Brussels. Nearly every weekend they set out across the Continent — running with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, visiting an ice hotel in Sweden, walking along the canals in Amsterdam, dining in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower. | After marrying in 2014, he and his wife, Stephanie, both accountants who met at Vanderbilt University in 2011, found jobs in Brussels. Nearly every weekend they set out across the Continent — running with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, visiting an ice hotel in Sweden, walking along the canals in Amsterdam, dining in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower. |
| In the same Brussels airport they had happily visited many times before, the Shultses were killed on Tuesday, the victims of suicide bombers. Confirmation of their deaths came on Saturday. | |
| Mr. Shults, 30, and his wife, 29, were at the Brussels airport on Tuesday to drop off Ms. Shults’s mother, Carolyn Moore, after a weeklong visit. | |
| Soon after Ms. Moore left the couple and entered the security line, the two bombs were detonated, said Levi Sutton, Mr. Shults’s half-brother, who has been in contact with Ms. Moore since the attack. | Soon after Ms. Moore left the couple and entered the security line, the two bombs were detonated, said Levi Sutton, Mr. Shults’s half-brother, who has been in contact with Ms. Moore since the attack. |
| Ms. Moore was uninjured in the attack. | |
| In the hours and days after the attack, Mr. Shults’s family frantically tried to learn if he had survived. Confusing and sometimes conflicting information added to the agony of the family’s wait. | In the hours and days after the attack, Mr. Shults’s family frantically tried to learn if he had survived. Confusing and sometimes conflicting information added to the agony of the family’s wait. |
| On Wednesday, Mr. Sutton said, a State Department official informed his family that the couple had been “found” but provided no additional information. Hours later a Belgian social worker said that information was incorrect. | On Wednesday, Mr. Sutton said, a State Department official informed his family that the couple had been “found” but provided no additional information. Hours later a Belgian social worker said that information was incorrect. |
| After Mr. Shults’s death was confirmed on Saturday, Mr. Sutton said on Twitter: “We found out today that cowards took my brother’s life just after his 30th birthday. He traveled the world leaving each destination better than when he arrived.” | After Mr. Shults’s death was confirmed on Saturday, Mr. Sutton said on Twitter: “We found out today that cowards took my brother’s life just after his 30th birthday. He traveled the world leaving each destination better than when he arrived.” |
| Mr. Shults, a native of Gatlinburg, Tenn., worked for Clarcor, an industrial air filtration company. Ms. Shults, of Kentucky, worked for the candy company Mars. |