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Ross Abdallah Alameddine, 20, Saugus, Mass.
Jamie Bishop, 35, Pine Mountain, Ga.
Brian Bluhm, 25, Cedar Rapids, IA
Ryan Clark, 22, Martinez, Ga.
Austin Cloyd, 18, Blacksburg, Va.
Jocelyn Couture-Nowak, 49, Montreal, Canada
Daniel Perez Cueva, 21, Lima, Peru
Kevin Granata, 46, Toledo, OH
Matthew G. Gwaltney, 24, Chester, Va.
Caitlin Hammaren, 19, Westtown, N.Y.
Jeremy Michael Herbstritt, 27, Bellefonte, Pa.
Rachel Hill, 18, Glen Allen, Va.
Emily Hilscher, 19, Woodville, Va.
Jarrett Lee Lane, 22, Narrows, Va.
Matt La Porte, 20, Dumont, N.J.
Henry Lee, 20, Roanoke, Va.
Liviu Librescu, 76, Ploiesti, Romania
G.V. Loganathan, 51, born in Chennai, India
Partahi Lumbantoruan, 34, Indonesia
Lauren Ashley McCain, 20, Hampton, Va.
Daniel O’Neil, 22, Lincoln, R.I.
Juan Ortiz, 26, Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Minal Panchal, 26, Mumbai, India
Erin Peterson, 18, Chantilly, Va.
Michael Pohle, 23, Flemington, N.J.
Julia Pryde, 23, Middletown, N.J.
Mary Karen Read, 19, Annandale, Va.
Reema Samaha, 18, Centreville, Va.
Waleed Shaalan, 32, Egypt
Leslie Sherman, 20, Springfield, Va.
Maxine Turner, 22, Vienna, Va.
Nicole White, 20, Carrollton, Va.
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Reema Samaha, 18, Centreville, Va.
April 18, 2007 6:52 PM
Reema Samaha, a freshman of Lebanese descent from Centreville, Va., was also killed. The 19-year-old had been a dance captain at Westfield High School, the same high school that the alleged shooter had attended. Samaha's brother, Omar, is a Virginia Tech graduate. He'd visited campus this past weekend to see his sister in a dance recital.
Samaha's father, Joseph Samaha, told CNN that his daughter was a "motivator."
"She keeps me going," Samaha said. "Dance was her life." Country and state flags were flying at half-staff at Westfield High School in her honor.
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good help all this victimes adn their parents and be with them all the times .
Posted by: mirna ghareeb | Apr 19, 2007 9:36:47 AM
Dear Samaha Family,
Reema seemed like such a happy, warm and beautiful young woman. My prayers are with your family in your time of loss.
Posted by: Alyssa W | Apr 19, 2007 12:23:41 PM
To Reema's Family: Your angel is now soaring with the angels. I am praying for your peace and comfort at this time. God knows all about your struggle and He will safely guide you through. Trust in Him. My prayers are being sent up for you. God bless each of you. We love you all.
Posted by: Adele | Apr 19, 2007 1:10:43 PM
What a tragedy this family must be going through, as well as ALL the other families.
I mourn with you, as does this entire nation. Flags are at half staff all over the country, including the one in front of my work place.
I pray for God to heal you and ALL the other families, including their Gods, depending on their religious beliefs, to which all are entitled.
May God bless you. We will never forget you ALL.
Much love and prayers.
Becky Coleman
Posted by: Becky Coleman | Apr 19, 2007 8:15:12 PM
I have been praying for all of the families since this horrible event happened. What a loss to our country and the world to lose these these bright, young, talented, loving people. God bless all of their families, friends and everyone affected by this tragedy. Just know that the country is mourning with you.
Posted by: Jennifer | Apr 19, 2007 10:32:49 PM
To Reema's family:
Losing Reema and Ross (from Tripoli, Lebanon) really hit home for me. It seems like we're not safe anywhere - we move from libnen to be safe, but we're not. This proves that everything in the world is naseeb and happens for a reason. Now, it seems Rabna needed one of his angels back in Heaven. I will think of you in my prayers everyday...May she rest in peace.
Posted by: Suzana Younes | Apr 19, 2007 11:25:55 PM
I did not know your daughter, but you could tell there was a unique and beautiful spirit in her!! Please accept my greatest condolences! Nothing I could say could heal a broken heart, but you will be in my thoughts!!!!!
Posted by: Robert | Apr 19, 2007 11:52:22 PM
Celebrate the life of Reema with Light, Love and Peace.
Posted by: Wendy | Apr 20, 2007 1:03:39 AM
As I looked into the the sky today the sun was not as bright and with out Reema's beautiful smile it might not ever be as bright agin.
Please accept my condolences and god be with you all in your time of need.
Posted by: Edward Smith | Apr 20, 2007 1:14:20 AM
My prayers to you and ur family. May God give u strength during ur moment of pain and despair. I cannot imagine what you're going through but know that my heart and everyone else in America grieves with you. God Bless!
Posted by: Juanita Rios, TX | Apr 20, 2007 10:11:31 AM
I did not know any of the victims but im praying for all of you family and friends. Accept my condolences. I've read about Reema and she really seems to be a lovely woman. May God bless her her and confort you.
Posted by: soares | Apr 20, 2007 10:32:19 AM
I did not know Reema... but to see her face you could tell she was a loving women. I could not even begin to imagine the pain your going through. All I can think about is that my sister is the same age and that I couldnt even begin to feel for answers. your family is in my prayers.
haley<333
Posted by: haley jacobs | Apr 20, 2007 10:52:17 AM
When horrific things like this happen to young people, it should
make loving families a little closer. I'm sure the stars will be
a bit brighter tonight and forever
because of you. God Bless to you and your Family. ~Stay Strong~
Posted by: Cynthia Hooker | Apr 20, 2007 12:57:24 PM
There are no words to leaven the pain of your loss and this tragedy. But the following is a humble offering that hopefully will bring some comfort, when you feel the sun shining again:
In the rising of the sun and in its going down, we remember them.
In the blowing of the wind and in the chill of winter, we remember them.
In the opening of buds and in the warmth of summer, we remember them.
In the beginning of the year and when it ends, we remember them.
So long as we live they, too, shall live for they are now a part of us as we remember them.
Posted by: Theresa | Apr 20, 2007 1:26:18 PM
TO THE SAMAHA FAMILY REEMA WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY.I didn't know her but she seemed to be such a quiet easy going person. I pray your family find comfort in REEMA MEMORIES. God Bless YOU AND THE OTHER FAMILY'S
Posted by: Darlene | Apr 20, 2007 1:39:00 PM
I saw Reema's brother and father on CNN. They were so incredibly brave in talking about what a beautiful young women she was and how much they love her. My heart is with the Samaha family and all the other victims of this tragedy. God bless and stay strong. <3
Posted by: Andrea | Apr 20, 2007 1:42:26 PM
Don't stand beside my grave and weep.
For I'm not there. I do not sleep.
When you awake from sleep in hush,
and hear the swift, uplifting rush
of quiet birds in circling flight;
Or in the soft starlight of night,
I'll be that gentle breeze that blows,
in moonlit glints of falling snow;
Or sunlight on the ripened grain,
after a gentle autumn rain.
Don't stand beside my grave and weep.
I am not there. I do not sleep.
[Anonymous]
Posted by: anonymous | Apr 20, 2007 3:24:14 PM
As I look at Reema's face and read about her life, I can almost see her dancing and laughing, twirling around with her hair flying, enjoying life to the fullest. It is something in her eyes. She is obviously a very special person. Now she dances with the Angels.
I can't find words to express my sadness that she was taken from this world so soon.
Posted by: anonymous | Apr 20, 2007 4:41:39 PM
Reema, family may god bless you.
Posted by: Joe | Apr 20, 2007 7:04:37 PM
God Bless your family in this time of sorrow...
Posted by: sheila | Apr 21, 2007 8:33:18 AM
To the loved ones of Reema, we pray you find some comfort in the knowledge that millions share your grief. May God somehow touch you in your hour of suffering.
Posted by: Yank | Apr 21, 2007 11:24:52 AM
Dear Samaha family,
you are in our thoughts and prayers. I have thought long and hard about what to say to someone who has to endure such tragedy, clearly Reema was a beautiful young woman who had a lot to offer this world, but maybe the fact that Reema is in Heaven with the ALLMIGHTY may give you some comfort.
God bless you.
Posted by: anonymous | Apr 21, 2007 11:43:35 AM
"Lost love is still love. It takes a different form, that’s all. You can’t see their smile or bring them food or tousle their hair or move them around a dance floor. But when those senses weaken, another heightens. Memory.
Memory becomes your partner. You nuture it. You hold it. You dance with it."
Posted by: Brittany | Apr 21, 2007 3:44:13 PM
dear reemas family i am very sorry for your lose i have and will continue to pray for your family every night and i want you to know i did not no your daughter but she seemed great i wish i could have known her god bless you will see her again sincerely erin wakefield
Posted by: erin | Apr 21, 2007 11:30:44 PM
There is something special in her eyes, and this photograph I keep seeing, it has spoken to me so many times over these last days...reminding me how fragile life is, how quickly a spark in the soul of a young person, can just be gone from us. But, she is not truly gone. She lives in your hearts, her family's memory, and if there is dancing in heaven, she is the most beautiful, vibrant, graceful and elegant of all angel dancers.
Posted by: Jen Sumner | Apr 22, 2007 1:06:21 AM
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