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A bike ride, smiles and a peace sign: footage shows Argentinians before truck attack

Ariel Erlij, Hernán Ferrucchi, Alejandro Pagnucco, Hernán Mendoza and Diego Angelini were celebrating the 30th anniversary of their graduation in New York when the attacker struck
This photo released by Benvenuto family on November 1, 2017, shows from L to R Hernan Ferrucci, Alejandro Pagnucco, Ariel Erlij, Ivan Brajkovic, Juan Trevisan, Hernan Mendoza, Diego Angelini and Ariel Benvenuto at Islas Malvinas international airport in Rosario Argentina moments before travelling to New York on October 28, 2017 Mendoza, Angelini, Pagnucco, Erlij and Ferruchi were killed in an attack near the World Trade Center when they travelled to New York on the 30th anniversary of their graduation. / AFP PHOTO / FAMILY HANDOUT / CECILIA PIEDRABUENA / Getty Images

Two days into their trip to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their graduation from the school, the group of friends seized on the warm autumn day to make the most of their visit to New York City.

They wandered the city’s sites and stocked up on souvenirs for their families. Later in the afternoon they rented bikes, smiling and snapping selfies as they rode alongside the Hudson River.

by one member of the group shows the men waving as they cycled two-by-two down the cycle path under a clear blue autumn sky. One flashes the peace sign, another a thumbs-up.

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