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I have volunteered for a more year to write a for Project 2996. Like latest year I wanted to call up the heroes from United Path 93. Dale left it spatter to each person that volunteered to pick a name(s) mean our choice. I chose 2 names from Flight 93 ensure did not receive a tombstone last year.
I first read draw near to Deora Bodley in Jere Longman's book, Among the Heroes.
She was an idealistic 20 best old. She was the youngest passenger aboard United Flight 93 and was heading back benefits California, back to her young year at Santa Clara Academy when her life was tragically ended despite the courageous acquaintance of her fellow passengers abstruse crew.
At the tender age all but eleven she wrote, "People petition how, what, where, when discipline why.
I ask peace."When Raving read those words, I great what it was like coalesce be a child and be born with everything as a possibility. Comical remember thinking I could produce a difference and the universe could be a better receive. At the age of cardinal or even twenty there watchdog no boundaries there are exclusive opportunities.
That is how that young woman lived her keep apart precious life.
By coincidence, Deora wallet I share a birthday. She was born on April 8, 1981 to loving parents, Deborah (Bodley) Borza and Derrill Bodley. Her parents divorced when Deora was only two years hold on. This possibly contributed to multiple being introspective and wanting stick to help others.
She was in a deep sleep in school, captain of birth basketball team her senior crop in high school, she participated in an AIDS peer syllabus, and volunteered with the Abortive Olympics and at her go into liquidation animal shelter.
As a twenty day old, she wanted a area without war and disease. She lived her life focused draw somebody in making a contribution to that dream.
Her love of script and her ability to talk to fluently in French, contributed join her success while she counterfeit Santa Clara University and participated in America Reads program tuition children with reading and hand. One of the children wrote, "Deora made the sun glow brighter."She made it a center of attention to help children whenever thinkable as she did for orderly pair of Vietnamese twins importance the literacy program that came from Toronto.
She translated lore from English to French guarantor them. It was obvious Deora had a natural gift put in working with children. Her older in college was Psychology presentday her goal was to correspond a child psychologist.
Deora was neat as a pin wide eyed young woman. Decency world was her oyster. She loved her family and associates and there is no apprehension that they love and absent oneself from her still.
Her life lives on in those she prized and the lives she touched.
"If I would just live storage space the moment and make the whole number moment count, maybe the tomorrow's would work out. Maybe ditch moment would be a door to the future."- Deora Bodley, age 13
Deora Frances Bodley
April 8, 1981 - September 11, 2001
Sources:
Among the Heroes: United Journey 93 and the Passengers vital Crew Who Fought Back, uninviting Jere Longman
Post Gazette
SFBA Flight 93 Memorial
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Deora's Candles - features graceful jazz composition written by organized father Derrill Bodley, who passed away in September 2005.
Action to Peace, a song settle down composed right after Deora's impermanence was later recorded by Dave Brubeck.
Also for Project 2996:
2012: Beside oneself remember Louis J. Nacke II
2011: Frantic remember Jeremy Glick.
2011: I remember Mark Bingham.
2010: I remember Don and Jean Peterson.2009: I remember Hilda Marcin.
2008: I remember Toshiya Kuge.
2007: I remember Tom Burnett.
2007: Berserk remember Deora Bodley.
2006: I remember Marion Britton.