A woman who was working as a nurse at the University of Colorado Hospital and treated victims from the theater shooting in Aurora drowned this month in Iowa.

The Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office in Iowa identified Jennifer Gallagher, 46, of Denver as the woman whose body was pulled from West Lake Okoboji on Aug. 7.

A spokeswoman for the University Hospital confirmed Sunday that Gallagher had worked as a nurse at the hospital and was involved in some of the care of victims in the aftermath of the July 20 shooting at the Century Aurora 16 theater.

Greg Pinson, whom the Herald, a newspaper in Ireland, identified as Gallagher’s husband, said the family had been on vacation when the accident occurred.

Gallagher had been swimming at night and was reported missing the morning of Aug. 7. According to the news release from the sheriff’s office, a family member found her body a short time later under a nearby dock.

Pinson told the Irish newspaper that he and Gallagher had been married for seven years and had a 5-year-old son named Jack.

“She was wonderful to our son Jack,” Pinson said. “She loved him more than anything in the world. I admired her so much and loved her dearly. We’re struggling to cope without her.”

Pinson said Gallagher moved from Ireland to the U.S. in the 1990s and went to school to become a nurse.

“She was brilliant at helping people get through their illnesses. She loved treating people who were in bad situations — it’s the type of person she was,” Pinson told the Herald.

Gallagher was among the hospital staff that met with President Barack Obama on his visit to the hospital after the shooting.

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