IMAGE  SOURCE,GETTY IMAGES     Image caption ,     A section of the collapsed balcony in 2015     Five Irish students  and one Irish-American  friend were killed in  the collapse, while seven others suffered a range of serious injuries .     In 2015 the families of those killed reached a  confidential settlement with the  companies involved in the building's construction.     Aoife Beary  was  left with a traumatic brain injury, broken arms, hands, pelvis and jaw, as well  as lacerations to her liver, kidneys and spleen, a collapsed lung and broken  ribs. She later underwent open heart surgery .     In 2016, she testified before the California  state legislature during  a hearing  on legislation  to force  building contractors to be more transparent about past legal claims against  them.     During emotional  testimony , she told legislators how she had lost much of her independence  after the accident and that her c...