Berkeley tragedy: Students gather at candlelight vigil in ‘beautiful tribute’ to their friends

Some 80% of around 800 Irish J1 students were among those that gathered at a park for a candlelit vigil to remember those who died in this week’s Berkeley balcony tragedy.

And the hundreds that gathered prayed too for the seven still in hospital recovering from the injuries suffered following the collapse.

They were joined by family members of the victims, who began arriving in the San Francisco Bay Area on Tuesday evening.