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The husbands of two of the “supermoms” tragically killed in the Lake Tahoe area avalanche have broken their silence — with one saying that her wife “spent her final days doing what she loved best.”
Caroline Sekar’s husband, Kiren, and Carrie Atkin’s husband, Pete, both gave emotional statements the day it was revealed their wives were among nine killed in the avalanche.
The pair were identified as members of a mom group killed in the snow slide, along with Liz Clabaugh, Danielle Keatley, Kate Morse, and Kate Vitt.
“Caroline spent her final days doing what she loved best, with the people who loved her most, in her favorite place,” Sekar told the New York Times. “She was with me, her children and our puppy, and then on one last adventure with her sister and close friends, who she now rests with.”
Kiren, who was with his wife for more than 20 years, described Caroline as “authentic and unabashedly unfiltered.” He said they taught their children to cherish adventure-centric activities like hiking, skiing and bicycling.
The Atkins lived in the Lake Tahoe area, and Pete said his wife had been living her dream life before the avalanche.
“The kids and I are shattered by this tragedy,” he told the Times. “But even in our grief, we are committed to living a life that would make her proud — a life filled with the adventure, kindness and dedication to others that defined her.”
The families of the women said in a statement that they were “devastated beyond words.”
“They were all mothers, wives and friends, all of whom connected through the love of the outdoors,” they said. “They were passionate, skilled skiers who cherished time together in the mountains.”
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