Fernando Blasco Baselga was part of a group of school children from Spain who had been on a language exchange trip to Donegal. On August 15, they had visited the Ulster American Folk Park just outside the Co Tyrone town before travelling to Market Street which was devastated by a dissident republican car bomb at 3. Fernando was a good, happy and generous child. He got along well with everyone.
At home he made the relationships between everyone easy. The year-old had six brothers and sisters at home in the Spanish capital, played handball on his school team and loved food, particularly rice salad. Mr Donaghy said on August 15, Fernando was part of the day trip from Buncrana with 31 Spanish children, and 10 local school children.
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