VICTIMS campaigner Ann Travers told of her relief yesterday after learning that her son is safe following the Berkeley balcony tragedy.
Trinity College student Conor McCrossan was at the party where six young people died and several others were seriously injured after a balcony collapsed.
Ms Travers said her 20-year-old son escaped unscathed but his friends are among the dead and injured.
She last night said her son, who studies in Dublin, was not injured but was in shock over the tragedy.
It is thought at least 40 young people were in the apartment where a 21st birthday party was being held with around 13 on the balcony at the time of the tragedy.
Ms Travers said her other son Sean discovered through Facebook yesterday afternoon that Conor had been at the party.
"My thoughts and prayers are for their families. I feel so desperately sad for them. God love them," she said.
Conor travelled to the US on a J1 visa to work during the summer after saving up over the past year.
"His dad lives in Holland and we have both been so worried about him," Ms Travers told the Belfast Telegraph.
"I am worried about him being in shock.
"I don't know what the whole situation is yet, to be honest."
Ms Travers is the sister of Mary Travers who was killed aged 23 by the IRA in Belfast in April 1984.
The target of the attack was their father Tom, a resident magistrate, who survived the shooting.
Ms Travers expressed outrage in 2011 after a woman convicted for her role in Mary's murder was appointed as an adviser to Sinn Féin minister Carál Ní Chuilín.
She campaigned for a bill later passed at Stormont that prevents anyone with a serious conviction from being appointed as a special political adviser.
