By now, my entire town and city, and most of the country, have heard the horrible, tragic news. Five young ladies, recent graduates of Fairport High School Class of 2007, died last night, July 26th, in a terrible car accident. Personally, I didn’t know any of the beautiful girls, but I’ve heard their names before throughout the school. They were in the class below me, I graduated last year, but these girls were so outgoing and loved by so many at school and throughout the community.
For Fairport High School, they have now lost 7 students this year alone. Two members of the Class of 2008 died earlier in the school year, a drowning in the fall and another lost a short battle of cancer this spring, now the recent grads of FHS have lost 5 wonderful girls. It’s just so hard to believe that this has happened. I woke up and heard the news from my brother and ran to the tv and computer to find out who the girls were – I know quite a few kids from this class. Thankfully, no one that I knew personally was involved, but I just am in shock. It’s just unimaginable. I can’t even fathom how Fairport is surviving through all of this tragedy. The girls and 4 others who were following in the car behind them were heading to a lake house for a few nights and one last time to all hang out before they went off to college. Now only four of the nine will get to enjoy the wonderful college experience that I just experienced myself this past fall. I just am speechless.
Times like this remind everyone of how quick life can be taken away from you. Just like I said when Natalie (My friend Aaron’s sister who lost a very short battle to cancer in March) passed away, tell those that you love that you love them , every chance that you get. I didn’t know these girls, but their deaths are a tragedy to me and everyone in our community. I got a call from work today asking if I could come in and fill in for someone who knew the girls. I went in for a few hours, I was expecting it to be dead, it’s blockbuster, who is going to rent a movie when the entire town is mourning this tragic loss? Surprisingly, there were quite a few people there, when I was talking with my mom when I got home, she said most likely renting movies was a distraction for some who just needed to think about something else. That made so much sense, but was really sad to think about at the same time. While I was working, one of my former teacher’s wife came in and we were talking a little bit, they were attending the candle light vigil tonight because Mr. Mallaber always made a point to get to know every student he had and he had a few of the girls in his Leadership class which was the best class I had ever taken in high school. Another teacher of mine also came in, Mr. Benz, and we chatted for a little bit, he didn’t have the girls in his classes but he was also attending the vigil. Just goes to show anyone how close the Fairport community is.
God bless all of the girls’ families and friends and everyone in the Fairport community who knew them. May you girls rest in peace, smile down on everyone, join your fellow Fairport High School students who have left us this year and share in each other’s pain and joys up in Heaven. I’m sorry that you girls have lost your life, you were too young, you all had so much more life to live.
RIP 6/26/07 ~ Hannah, Katie, Sara, Bailey, Meredith ~
I’ve been having some issues with my friends lately and I just want all of my friends to know how much I love them and care about them.
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~ JenJen ~
What can be better than embarrassing pictures? Finally I’ll be able to put faces to names and buildings to stories – that is something I’m excited about.
