NY newlyweds, brother, his pregnant wife ID’d as 4 Americans killed in Greece building collapse

Key Points:

• Four Americans, including newlyweds Ian Alexander Kirkpatrick and Florida Hoxha, her brother Florin Hoxha, and his pregnant wife Eris Cani, were killed in a building collapse in Athens, Greece, on September 25.
• The incident occurred in a two-story Airbnb in Athens' historic Plaka district, with investigators suspecting a gas leak triggered an explosion that caused the collapse.
• Kirkpatrick, a financial analyst with a background in banking and fluency in Chinese, and Hoxha, a lawyer with political aspirations, had just completed their honeymoon and were scheduled to return to the US on the day of the accident.
• Florin Hoxha co-founded a construction company, while his wife, Eris Cani, was an assistant professor of pharmacy practice; both were highly accomplished professionals.
• Greek authorities continue to investigate the collapse, examining adjacent buildings for structural risks, as the cause is believed to be linked to a gas leak in the apartment where another couple, Edmond Hings and Athena Papaprescou, were staying and also died.