“When the fire brigade pulled that 13-year-old girl alive from under the rubble at about 13.30, my hopes were raised a little. Anything was still possible. I was wavering between hope and despair.” Guy Storms, an advertising director from Heusden-Zolder, Limburg province, describes his feelings while he waited for news of his daughter Vicky, 24, and her boyfriend Alexis Robert, also 24. Both young people were found dead in the ruins of number 18 Rue Léopold in Liége, which collapsed after a gas explosion during the early morning hours of 26 January.