In a Facebook post Wednesday, one of the Irish students seriously injured in last week's Berkeley balcony collapse said her takeaway is that "life is short" and she intends "to honor those who died by living the happiest and most fulfilling life possible."
Clodagh Cogley was among the seven Irish students injured in the June 16 early morning balcony collapse that left six dead. She and the others -- all ages 20 to 22 -- had come to the U.S. to work and travel as part of the decades-old J1 visa program.
Cogley relayed to friends in her post that the fall "left me with 2 collapsed lungs, a broken shoulder, a broken knee, 5 broken ribs and a broken spinal cord.