SRI LANKA. SHELLY: ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER JUSTIN MATTHEWS SPOKE WITH HER ABOUT THE TERRIFYING NEWS. JUSTIN: CLAUDIA TRISTAN LIVED IN SRI LANKA FOR TWO YEARS, AND HASN’T BEEN BACK IN ABOUT A DECADE, BUT SAYS SHE WILL ALWAYS CALL IT HOME. SHE SAYS HER FAMILY HAD EASTER BRUNCH AT ONE OF THE RESTAURANTS THAT WAS BOMBED OVER THE WEEKEND. PLACES OF WORSHIP AND POPULAR PLACES FOR TOURISTS IN RUINS AROUND SRI LANKA’S CAPITOL CITY, COLOMBO. THESE IMAGES ARE ESPECIALLY HEARTBREAKING FOR CLAUDIA TRISTAN. SHE WORKS FOR THE STATE AND LIVES IN SANTA FE, BUT LIVED IN SRI LANKA WITH HER FAMILY WHEN SHE WAS A TEENAGER. >> TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN IS TRULY, IT’S SHOCKING, AND IT’S HURTFUL TO SEE THAT HAPPEN A PLACE YOU CALLED HOME. JUSTIN: A PLACE TRISTAN SAYS IS FILLED WITH DIVERSE CULTURES, WHICH IS WHY THE ATTACKS ARE SO HARD TO GRASP. >> YOU CAN WALK ANYWHERE IN COLOMBO AND YOU WOULD SEE EITHER A MOSQUE, OR A TEMPLE, OR A CHURCH AND THEY COULD BE ALL ON THE SAME STREET WITHIN A BLOCK OF EACH OTHER, AND IT WAS REALLY TRUE TO THE CULTURE OF SRI LANKA OF COEXISTING TOGETHER. JUSTIN: CLAUDIA AND HER FAMILY WENT TO MASS WHILE THEY LIVED THERE, ONE YEAR, THEY ATE AT ONE OF THE RESTAURANTS THAT WAS ATTACKED DURING THE HOLIDAY. >> WE WOULD GO TO HAVE BRUNCH AT ONE OF THOSE HOTELS THAT WAS ATTACKED. THAT HOTEL, CINNAMON GRAND, MY FAMILY WAS THE OFTEN. MY SISTER REMEMBERED THAT WE ACTUALLY DID GO THERE FOR EASTER BRUNCH ONE YEAR. JUSTIN: SHE SAYS IT’S BEEN HARD TO SPEAK WITH SOME OF HER FRIENDS IN SRI LANKA, BUT MANY HAVE POSTED ON FACEBOOK TH THEY’RE SAFE. CLAUDIA SAYS THE SRI LANKAN PEOPLE ARE RESILIENT AND WILL GET THROUGH THIS TOUGH TIME. SHE ALSO DOESN’T WANT THE ATTACKS TO PAINT A BAD PICTURE ABOUT THE COUNTRY, SAYING IT’S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE AND HAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. JUSTIN MATTHEWS, KOAT ACTION 7