BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN HOST: Welcome back. You're watching CNN's special live coverage. I'm Brooke Baldwin live here in Istanbul, Turkey. New information as far as the terror attack here from two nights ago. The death toll has risen now to 44 and the families of these 44 victims, they are burying their loved ones. CNN's Matt Rivers has actually attended the funeral of one of the youngest victims. He has this gut-wrenching story about this father who obviously had to bury his child far too soon - Matt.</s>MATT RIVERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Brooke, as you know, so many families in Istanbul are going through such tough times right now. But sometimes you hear stories about loss that are just difficult to imagine. This morning we met a family who arrived in Istanbul on Tuesday night with eight members of their family. Four of them did not leave the airport alive, including an 8-year-old girl. And this morning they buried all four of them.</s>RIVERS (voice-over): Four caskets, inside three sisters,</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: She was really lovely.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: She was very lovely.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Very lovely. She was very lovely.</s>RIVERS: The three women and their young niece were all at the airport Tuesday, just arrived in Turkey to visit family. With them,</s>RIVERS: And Brooke, if you noticed in the piece there, the father of that 8-year-old girl, his hand was on her casket. And he stood like that for the better part of an hour before the funeral began just with his hand on the casket. His need to protect her. And even after her passing still so readily apparent. And I think it was instinctual. He just stood there, his hand on the casket and he wanted to be close to her. It was incredibly sad and incredibly emotional there this morning.</s>BALDWIN: I have no words. No words tonight here in Istanbul. Matt Rivers, thank you so much for sharing his story. We will be back in a moment.
Four Victims In Istanbul Airport Bombings Buried Today