Deora Bodley, a Santa Clara University junior majoring in psychology and French, tutored children and spent the summer as a teacher's aide for.
Her story has been multiplied thousands of times over..
I have volunteered for a second year to write a memorial for Project 2996. Like last year I wanted to remember the heroes from United Flight 93. Dale left it up to each person that volunteered to pick a name(s) of our choice.
I chose 2 names from Flight 93 that did not receive a memorial last year.
I first read about Deora Bodley in Jere Longman's book, Among the Heroes. She was an idealistic 20 year old.
She was the youngest passenger aboard United Flight 93 and was heading back to California, back to her junior year at Santa Clara University when her life was tragically ended despite the courageous acts of her fellow passengers and crew.
At the tender age of eleven she wrote, "People ask how, what, where, when and why.
I ask peace."When I read those words, I remembered what it was like to be a child and have everything as a possibility. I remember thinking I could make a difference and the world could be a better place. At the age of eleven or even twenty there are no boundari