Father dies minutes after dancing with daughter at her wedding

Tim Buchanan, 54, veteran detective with the York County Sheriff's Department in Rock Hill, South Carolina, attended his daughter's wedding in Costa Rica on Saturday had a heart attack just minutes after his father-daughter dance but didn't survive. His wife, Jeni Buchanan who is also a photographer and the mother of the bride, took to her Facebook page to announce the death of her husband and asked people to let her grieve. She wrote:

You never know when the last time will be the last time! Tim came into my life at a time when I was broken to the core and held me up and built me into a strong person. Over the years we raised four amazing children, cared for my little brothers when they needed us the most and had even had the honor of a beautiful grandchild.

He was the most beautiful soul I have ever known and I will never be the same without him. I know he loved me and our family. I am so very grateful for this image of us that our dear friends Kelly Rae Stewart and her husband snuck during our daughter's wedding yesterday. Little did I know just a few hours later we would lose him.

****Please no phone calls right now.**** I am still in Costa Rica and on top of that I just can't deal with much right now. Once we have plans settled, someone will update or announce them. For now, just pray. He was always the one to make us feel better when things went wrong and so we need all the prayers we can get.

Sheriff Bruce Bryant told PEOPLE magazine..

"All of our hearts are saddened about the loss of this great law enforcement officer. Tim dedicated almost 19 years to this profession as an outstanding Deputy, Forensics Investigator and most recently Detective in Computer Crimes. His talents will be sorely missed. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family in this difficult time.”

Source: PEOPLE

Bombing at Wedding in Turkey Kills at Least 50

 

At least 50 people were killed in the attack. Credit Ahmed Deeb/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

A suspected suicide bombing killed at least 50 people and wounded at least 90 at a wedding ceremony in southeastern Turkey on Saturday, the latest in a string of attacks to strike the restive region in the past week.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey said in a statement that the Islamic State militant group was probably behind what appeared to be a suicide attack on Saturday in the city of Gaziantep and that its aim was to sow divisions among ethnic groups in the country and “spread incitement along ethnic and religious lines.”

The explosion occurred about 11 p.m. in the district of Sahinbey, close to the Syrian border, the governor of Gaziantep, Ali Yerlikaya, said in a brief statement. His office also provided the casualty figures.

Relatives grieving at a hospital in Gaziantep, Turkey. Credit Ahmed Deeb/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Televised footage showed scenes of chaos in the aftermath of the blast. Crowds gathered, shouting “God is the greatest” as forensic teams moved onto the site. Ambulances could be seen rushing to the area and leaving with bodies covered in white sheets.

The attack came nearly two months after militants suspected of being affiliated with the Islamic State stormed Istanbul’s main airport with guns and bombs, killing at least 44 people. Turkey has been rocked by a wave of urban terrorist attacks in the past year as it confronts threats from multiple fronts, including the Islamic State, which recently lost ground in northern Syria, and Kurdish insurgents, who have resumed a war with the Turkish state in the southeast and were blamed by the authorities for four bombings in the past week.

Turkey is also reeling from a failed coup last month that aimed to topple the government of Mr. Erdogan and left at least 240 people dead. Mr. Erdogan said on Saturday that there was no difference between the various terrorist organizations that are attacking the country.

Prime Minister Binali Yildirim condemned the attack at the wedding and vowed to continue to fight terrorist groups. “No matter what this treacherous terror organization is called, we as the people, the state and the government will pursue our determined struggle against it,” he said.

Earlier on Saturday, Mr. Yildirim had told reporters that Turkey would take a more active role in addressing the conflict in Syria over the next six months and was willing to accept a role for President Bashar al-Assad of Syria during a transitional period. But he insisted that Mr. Assad would have no place in Syria’s future.

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