( CNN ) -- Kia Scherr could n't reach her husband and daughter after the terror attacks in Mumbai , India , and did n't know if they were alive . Alan Scherr , 58 , died in the attack on the Oberoi hotel in Mumbai , his wife , Kia , confirms . She learned on Friday that her husband , Alan Scherr , 58 , and 13-year-old daughter , Naomi , were killed in the assault on the Oberoi hotel . Scherr told CNN that a U.S. consular official confirmed the deaths after members of the group they were traveling with identified the bodies . Naomi and Alan Scherr had come to Mumbai with a travel group for a high-tech meditation retreat with the Synchronicity Foundation , she said . They had been there since November 17 and were due to leave Monday . The Synchronicity Foundation , a meditation group near Charlottesville , Virginia , has posted a message on its Web site saying that the Scherrs were killed at the Oberoi . Kia Scherr said she knew Thursday that her husband and daughter were dining in the Oberoi hotel restaurant when shots rang out . But she had held out hope that they were OK . Her son , Aaron Butler , had filed iReports looking for information about his stepfather and sister . A Synchronicity spokeswoman said the Scherrs were among 25 members of the group who were visiting India . The other Synchronicity people who were staying at the Oberoi `` are accounted for and safe , '' the group 's Web site said . iReport.com : Where you there ? The coordinated attacks on Mumbai frightened and concerned iReport contributors all over the world . Some were in Mumbai , and others have loved ones there . Watch as an iReporter describes the scene in Mumbai » . Biswa Dash , an iReporter , says he was on the phone with his wife while she was in her room at the Oberoi during the attacks . His wife works for Hewitt Associates and was on a short-term assignment in Mumbai . Aparna Dash managed to escape her 26th-floor room and take cover in a parking lot , her husband said . `` Believe me , I was sitting at home completely helpless , '' Biswa Dash said from Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania . iReport.com : Read about Dash 's ordeal . At one point , Dash could not get hold of his wife . She briefly called to tell him that her cell phone 's battery was low . Dash sent text messages to his wife about every 30 minutes to check on her . Finally , she made it to safety and went to stay in a colleague 's home in Mumbai , Dash said . Aparna Dash later caught a flight back to New Delhi , where she had been working , according to her husband . iReporter Andrea , an American tourist who asked CNN not to use her last name , had just eaten breakfast on Wednesday at the Taj Mahal hotel , another one of the sites targeted in the terror attacks . She and her family are in Mumbai for her brother 's wedding . Andrea has been staying in a hotel nearby the Taj and was close enough to hear the attacks Wednesday night , she said . iReport.com : Take a look at what Andrea saw . `` Over the course of the night , we heard maybe three explosions , some emergency vehicles , sirens , '' she said . `` For the most part , the street was really quiet . '' The strong military presence on the street provided her some comfort , she said .
After anxious wait , Kia Scherr learns husband , daughter were killed in Mumbai , India . iReporters in Mumbai describe scenes of deadly attacks . From Pennsylvania , husband says , `` I was sitting at home completely helpless '' iReport.com : Are you there ? Tell your story .