ORLANDO, Fla. Noor Salman, the widow of the Pulse nightclub shooter , was found not guilty on Friday of helping her husband with his deadly attack.

A federal jury acquitted Salman on charges of aiding and abetting her husband, Omar Mateen, in providing material support to the self-described Islamic State, as well as obstruction of justice. She was facing life in prison.

The 2016 attack claimed the lives of 49 people. At the time, it was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Salman was arrested in January 2017, seven months after the attack, and has been held behind bars ever since.

Salman, 31, cried as she heard the verdict. The first thing she said was thank you, her lawyers said.

Salman has maintained that she was completely in the dark about Mateens plans, and was herself a victim of his depraved violence inside the home.