Patricia Rizzo rarely took public transport to work at the European Research Council Executive Agency. But that morning she had an important meeting. As she had confided to her parents on Sunday, this 48-year-old mother did not especially want to be late. And therefore, avoid the morning traffic jams between Wavre and the center of the capital by taking the metro. It is in Maelbeek that the life of this bubbly and jovial, loving and hardworking woman will end. Murdered by terrorists. “She was a wonderful girl, kind, always very kind, affable with everyone. She had a little something extra. Her whole life has been focused on others, by her kindness, her smile, ”recalls her dad, Gaetano, 76 years old, 74 of whom went to Belgium.