Cassidy Murray.Photo: Go Fund Me
A beloved Massachusetts student is being remembered after she died in aboating accidentlast week while on vacation with her family.
Additional details about the accident have not been released.
“Classmates gravitated to her because of her genuine kindness and quiet modesty,” head of school Jennifer Price, who did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment, wrote in a statement, according toBoston 25 News.
“Her friends knew from the very first week of school that she would be a trusted, warm confidant with a great sense of fun and camaraderie,” Pierce wrote of the student, who joined the school this fall.
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Cassidy was remembered for always “taking on new challenges with a sense of adventure and joy.”
“We all hold the Murray family — Linda, David, and Adam — close in our thoughts and hearts,” Price continued, referencing her parents as well as her older brother, a 10th-grade student at the school.
“This is a parent’s worst nightmare,” Price said in an interview, according toThe Boston Globe. “It’s such a tragedy that we lost someone so special.”
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Speaking with the newspaper, a neighbor who lives across the street from the Murray family said Cassidy had “an ear-to-ear smile.”
“She was an angel,” the neighbor remarked.
AGoFundMepage has been created on behalf of Cassidy’s family, who have asked for their privacy as they mourn the loss of their daughter, per theGlobe.
“As some of you may know, an amazing 13 year old girl, Cassidy Murray, lost her life in Aruba this past week in a tragic accident out on the water,” organizer Ken Grille wrote on the campaign, which has raised over $30K as of Tuesday afternoon. “Please give what you can if you can.”
source: people.com
