Boston bombing victim who lost brother in attack shares message with Paris

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Jane Richard shared image in French urging peace in wake of Paris attacks
She lost a leg in 2013 marathon bombing by Tsarnaev brothers
Her brother Martin, eight, was the youngest victim to die in Boston attacks
Jane's message is a translation of one he had written before the bombing, which read: 'No more hurting people. Peace'

Published: 06:03 EST, 17 November 2015 | Updated: 08:29 EST, 17 November 2015

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A nine-year-old girl who lost a leg in the Boston Marathon bombing has shared a touching message with victims of the Paris attacks.

Jane Richard, whose older brother Martin was the youngest person to die in the 2013 attack near the marathon's finishing line, drew a colorful image urging peace in the ravaged French capital.

Its message, written in French and shared on Facebook by her family, translates to: 'No more hurting people. Peace.'

Survivor: Jane Richard, a victim of the Boston bombing, sent a message of support to Paris. She is pictured above testing out a prosthetic leg after she was maimed in the 2013 terror attack

Touching: Jane wrote this message for victims of the attacks, coloring the French word for 'peace' in the blue, white and red for the Tricolore flag and included the Eiffel Tower motif which has become an emblem of the attacks. She signed the message at the bottom

It echoes the message written by her eight-year-old brother shortly before a home-made bomb planted by Dzhokhar Tsarnaev exploded next to him.

In a now-poignant image, Martin holds aloft a sign with the same message that Jane translated to French today.

Jane's French version reads: 'Arretez de faire du mal aux autres. La paix.' It also sports the combined Eiffel Tower-peace symbol cartoon which has become an emblem of the attacks.

Echo: The message Jane sent is a translation of one Martin Richard, her brother who was killed in the bombings, wrote previously. It reads: 'No more hurting people. Peace'

Recovery: Jane is pictured above in hospital being treated for her injuries. She had to be put into a coma after the attacks, and had extensive surgery

She was one of the hundreds of people badly wounded by the makeshift pressure cooker explosives laid by Tsarnaev and his brother Tamerlan on April 15, 2013.

Surveillance footage from just before the explosion shows Jane, then six, climbing on a metal barrier next to her brother to get a better view of the race. Moments later, the explosives detonated.

Three people, including Martin, lost their lives, while 264 were injured, including Jane and her parents.

Jane lost her left leg to the attacks and now uses a prosthetic.

Moments before: Surveillance footage of the attacks shows Jane and Martin (circled) climbing on the metal barriers to get a better view of the race. Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (also circled) can be seen just behind them. A bag on the floor by his feet contains the bomb

Her mother Denise was hit in the face by shrapnel and is now blind in one eye, while her father Bill's eardrums were ruptured by the blast. Jane's eldest brother, Henry, was also caught up in the blast but escaped serious injury.

Jane was rushed to hospital with other victims, where she was put in a medically-induced coma and had 14 surgeries before she could could start learning to walk again.

During the trial of surviving bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev this summer, Bill Richard described the bombing in heartbreaking detail.

He told jurors in Boston how he took his family to get Ben and Jerry's ice cream during a lull in the marathon, then settled at a spot where it was quiet enough for his children to get a good view.

Family: An old photograph shows the Richard family together - parents Denise and Bill stand with Henry, left, Jane, center, and Martin, right

The family heard the first explosion, from Tamerlan's bomb, and tried to flee, but were hit seconds later by another bomb planted right next to them.

Martin died within minutes from severe bleeding. Describing the aftermath, Richard told jurors how he made the gut-wrenching decision to focus on saving his daughter when he realized there was no chance Martin would live.

He said: 'I saw a little boy who had his body severely damaged by an explosion and I just knew from what I saw that there was no chance.

'I knew in my head that I needed to act quickly or we might not only lose Martin but we might also lose Jane, too.'

Tsarnaev, 22, was handed the death penalty by a federal jury, and is now in a high-security U.S. prison awaiting the sentence, which he can appeal.