{"id":717,"date":"2017-03-24T11:29:51","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T11:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/europeandrussiablog\/?p=717"},"modified":"2017-03-24T11:29:51","modified_gmt":"2017-03-24T11:29:51","slug":"last-photo-of-westminster-hero-pc-palmer-emerges-as-fourth-victim-named","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/europeandrussiablog\/2017\/03\/24\/last-photo-of-westminster-hero-pc-palmer-emerges-as-fourth-victim-named\/","title":{"rendered":"Last photo of Westminster hero PC Palmer emerges as fourth victim named"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Last photo of Westminster hero PC Palmer emerges as fourth victim named<\/h1>\n

A US tourist says she wants to share the image of her posing with the officer near the spot where he was stabbed with his family.<\/p>\n

10:07, UK,<\/span>Friday<\/span> 24<\/span> March<\/span> 2017<\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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Image Caption:<\/span>Staci Martin had her picture taken with PC Palmer 45 minutes before the attack<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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By Bethany Minelle, News Reporter<\/p>\n

A US tourist has revealed she posed for a photo with the police officer who tackled the Westminster terrorist less than an hour before he was killed.<\/p>\n

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The photo emerged as the fourth victim of the attack was named as 75-year-old Leslie Rhodes from Streatham, whose life-support machine was turned off on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n

US tourist Staci Martin, who was visiting her son in London, had asked PC Palmer to pose with her for a photo as she “liked his funny hat”.<\/p>\n

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Forty-five minutes after the photo was taken, the 48-year-old officer died after confronting Khalid Masood – a Muslim convert born Adrian Russell Ajao – as he attempted to gain entry to the Palace of Westminster.<\/div>\n
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Mrs Martin told local US news station West Palm TV she later saw pictures of the officer on television.<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“They put his picture up and I said, ‘I think that’s the guy’ and my husband and daughter thought I was crazy. We just couldn’t believe it,” she said.<\/p>\n

Describing PC Palmer as “very polite” Mrs Martin shared the last known picture of the officer on her Facebook page along with a timeline of her experience of the attack.<\/p>\n

She added that she “feels obligated” to get the picture to the officer’s family.<\/p>\n

“They can cut me out of it, but I just want to make sure they have that of him.<\/p>\n

“It was the hat that inspired the picture, but it’s the man and what happened to him next that makes it unforgettable.<\/p>\n

“You think if I had only been there a half an hour later in that exact spot. You can call it God or fate or whatever you want to call it, it’s a little bit surreal for sure”.<\/p>\n

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Hundreds of thousands of pounds have been raised since a memorial fund<\/strong> was set up for the fallen officer’s family.<\/p>\n

Three civilians also died after Masood drove his Hyundai into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge.<\/p>\n

They have been named as teacher Aysha Frade, who was on her way to pick up her children from school; US tourist Kurt Cochran,<\/strong> who was celebrating his Silver wedding anniversary; and 75-year-old Leslie Rhodes from Streatham, south London.<\/p>\n

Dozens of other people were injured<\/strong>, including nationals of Britain, France, Romania, South Korea, Greece, Germany, Poland, Ireland, China, Italy and the US.<\/p>\n

On Thursday evening, Londoners came together in Trafalgar Square for a candlelit vigil to show defiance and solidarity..<\/p>\n

London Mayor Sadiq Khan told the packed square: “Those evil and twisted individuals who tried to destroy our shared way of life will never succeed and we condemn them.<\/p>\n

“When Londoners face adversity we always pull together. We stand up for our values and show the world we are the greatest city in the world.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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