Rachel Fie died October 22nd, a Thursday morning, of complications received from a severe car accident. She was a very good friend on mine whom I attended some of high school with.
tribute to Rachel - by becca shea
October 6th, 1982 to October 22, 1998
Rachel had just celebrated her sweet sixteenth birthday a couple weeks earlier. Her parents surprised her with a brand new red mustang. She had been driving home from school when the accident occured. She was hit by someone running a red light.
Later, I found out I knew this person that hit her. She was in my home room. I won't use names as to respect this girls privacy. At first I was Very angry at the girl, and I couldn't stand to see her, but I learned that holding in anger wasn't helping anything. I was very hurt about losing Rachel and seeing the girl who was driving the other car, every day in school, was just too much for me. I decided to write the girl a note. She wrote back, saying that she had no idea that I knew Rachel and no one had said anything to her about it. We wrote back and forth a few times, and explained our feelings to each other, never did we talk about it in person though, and to this day, we still haven't. We soon became friends. Some might think it wierd to become friends with someone who caused an accident which killed a good friend of yours, but it brought me much needed closure. I still talk to the girl when I see her, and we still don't bring up the accident. I'm sure it will stay that way. It's just how we are comfortable.
There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about Rachel. She taught me a lot in school. She was my inspiration to be in band, and helped me while i was in the class with her. She was always bright and happy and there for anyone who needed her. Every now and then, I still catch myself asking her questions. I believe she's answering me in some way.
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