The family of the eight-year-old boy killed in the Boston marathon bombings has revealed the heartbreaking moment their daughter awoke two weeks after the attack and learned her brother had died. Seven-year-old Jane Richard lost her leg in the April 15 blast, while her mother Denise, 42, suffered head injuries, her father Bill, 42, was hit by shrapnel and her brother Martin lost his life. Only her oldest brother, 12-year-old Henry, escaped without injury. In a statement released on Thursday, the family revealed Jane awoke two weeks after the attack 'with difficult questions that needed to be answered'. 'There are not words to describe how hard sharing this heartbreaking news was on all of us,' it read.
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Martin Richard, 8, was one of the three victims killed in the April 15 blast
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His sister Jane lost her left leg below the knee and underwent her 11th surgery on Wednesday to close the wound
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His mother Denise suffered head injuries, underwent brain surgery and still cannot see from one eye but has been released from hospital
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Dad Bill was hit by shrapnel and brother Henry, 12, escaped without harm
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