MOMENTS FROM DEATH

Boy, 11, smiles for photo a minute before horrific death in Nice Bastille Day attack

Brodie Copeland was enjoying a holiday with his family when an ISIS terrorist ploughed a lorry into a crowd of people

HUGO DANIEL

Published: 3:46, 6 Aug 2016

SMILING tourist Brodie Copeland grabs a handful of sweets and smiles for the camera a minute before he was killed in the Nice terror attack.

Mum Kim, 40, shared the snap of Brodie, 11, as she told of her pain.

Brodie Copeland smiled for a photograph while buying sweets just moments before being brutally killed in the Nice terror attack

Brodie was 11 years old and enjoying a holiday with his family — Brodie was 11 years old and enjoying a holiday with his familyCredit: Tim Stewart

His mother has described running to his aid, but said she knew it was already too late — His mother has described running to his aid, but said she knew it was already too lateCredit: Tim Stewart

The lad’s dad Sean, 51, was also killed while trying to save his son.

They were on holiday in France when Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel drove a truck through crowds killing 85 at a Bastille Day celebration on July 14.

Kim Copeland has spoken of her pain in coping with the loss of her husband and son in the horrific July 14 terror attack

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The family wanted to enjoy a normal holiday but were instead targeted by Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, who drove a lorry through a crowd of revellers who had been enjoying the fireworks — The family wanted to enjoy a normal holiday but were instead targeted by Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, who drove a lorry through a crowd of revellers who had been enjoying the fireworksCredit: Tim Stewart

Brodie with his father Sean, who was also killed in the Bastille Day attack as he tried to save his son — Brodie with his father Sean, who was also killed in the Bastille Day attack as he tried to save his sonCredit: Tim Stewart

Kim, from Texas, said she saw the truck heading towards them and ran to Brodie’s aid.

But she said: “I knew he was gone. It was a nightmare. It is a nightmare.”

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