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| A Peace Corps Death | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 28 2011, 04:04 PM (294 Views) | |
| Optimistic | Nov 28 2011, 04:04 PM Post #1 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I didn´t know her, but my neighboring Volunteer friend was in her training group (she arrived here a few months after I did). She was killed in a car crash, instantly, Sunday morning. Her Paraguayan boyfriend was driving, and the blame is being placed on a deteriorating highway. He remains in a coma. His dad is a well-respected journalist here. Emily Balog Only 24 years old (the PC release here has it wrong). In the 50 years of PC, some 200-odd Volunteers have died during their service, with the main cause of death being car accidents. This is only the 2nd death for PC Paraguay in its 45 years (the first being in 1989). for those that read Spanish |
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PHOTOS I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up. - Mark Twain We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. -T. S. Eliot | |
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| LWpianistin | Nov 28 2011, 04:12 PM Post #2 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Sorry to read about that. |
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| Mikhailoh | Nov 28 2011, 04:36 PM Post #3 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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That's terrible. I'm so sorry. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| Mark | Nov 28 2011, 04:39 PM Post #4 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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___.___ (_]===* o 0 When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. H.G. Wells | |
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| somebody else's sock | Nov 28 2011, 04:41 PM Post #5 |
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Middle Aged Carp
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Sorry to hear this, Opti.
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| Dewey | Nov 28 2011, 04:49 PM Post #6 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Very sad. It sounds like she was doing important and compassionate work, and making a positive difference in the lives of many others. I hope that we offer some comfort to her family. |
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"By nature, i prefer brevity." - John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, p. 685. "Never waste your time trying to explain yourself to people who are committed to misunderstanding you." - Anonymous "Oh sure, every once in a while a turd floated by, but other than that it was just fine." - Joe A., 2011 I'll answer your other comments later, but my primary priority for the rest of the evening is to get drunk." - Klaus, 12/31/14 | |
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| Rainman | Nov 28 2011, 04:52 PM Post #7 |
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Fulla-Carp
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A beautiful, caring, and so young girl, killed in a !@#$% car crash. That is so sad, beyond words. Those in the Peace Corps give so much, and are such special people to do so. All I can hope for is that there is something called heaven, and that she is there, somehow received with special honors. |
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| apple | Nov 28 2011, 05:03 PM Post #8 |
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one of the angels
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oh I'm so sorry. geez opti, that's just awful. Her parents must be devastated. She was so beautiful.. I cry for her parents, friends and family. |
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| Optimistic | Nov 28 2011, 05:25 PM Post #9 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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What a dreadful phone call to have to make. The newspaper says it was the dad of her boyfriend who actually phoned her parents first. Not to be melodramatic, but I keep thinking about the fact that she and the guy would be going to visit her home in a few weeks. I remember how incredibly excited my parents and I had gotten this time last year as I prepared to go home for my visit. That anticipation is so strong. You reluctantly buy the little life insurance deal as you prepare to leave for your new country, but you certainly don´t expect that you´ll be one of the incredibly small percentage of people who actually needs it. |
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PHOTOS I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up. - Mark Twain We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. -T. S. Eliot | |
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| brenda | Nov 28 2011, 05:39 PM Post #10 |
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How terribly sad. What a tragic loss for all, especially her family. I cannot imagine their grief. |
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| jon-nyc | Nov 28 2011, 06:10 PM Post #11 |
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Cheers
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Very sad indeed. |
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| Horace | Nov 28 2011, 06:10 PM Post #12 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I'm very sorry to hear of this. Even among parents who lose children, losing them at that time, after decades raising them and just beginning to watch their adult lives unfold, has to be the worst of the worst. |
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| George K | Nov 28 2011, 06:11 PM Post #13 |
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Finally
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Oh, how sad. Words are inadequate. |
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| RosemaryTwo | Nov 28 2011, 06:33 PM Post #14 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Sigh. Sad to hear this. |
| "Perhaps the thing to do is just to let stupid run its course." Aqua | |
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| blondie | Nov 28 2011, 06:33 PM Post #15 |
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Bull-Carp
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This is sad Opti. I'm sorry. I think of you down there practically every day. I'm not very well travelled or informed of this part of the world, but I do hope you are careful and cautious while living there. I just had to sound like a mother hen and say this, but I do worry about you. |
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| BeeLady | Nov 28 2011, 06:37 PM Post #16 |
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Middle Aged Carp
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Que lastima para los dos familias.....lo siento mucho a la familia de ella y la familia del esposo otro.....y los ninos sin papa....tan triste por todos. |
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