23, a little younger than me, away from home and friends
Made of those people her family, her new friends, lived like them, ate their food and slept in their homes
Played with their kids, suffered their sufferings and had even their own nightmares
She said once in one of her letters to her mothers that she was having nightmares of bulldozers and tanks out of her own house… to that much she shared their feelings, she shared them their destiny
The smile on her face, the simple look in her eyes, you can see her transparent soul through her smiling eyes, with her weak body she stands full of trust and faith against evil, against terror and hate
Rachel stood against the bulldozers and tanks.. They moved but she stood still, afraid but strong, weak but confident
She stood still while they moved closer and closer, the shouts of her friends and companions didn’t prevent them from doing their crime
Rachel Corrie’s body was crushed by the bulldozer of the IDF in
Dying in hospital between Palestinians, away from her home and family between those who she has chosen to share destiny with
Full story : http://electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/7/1248
