Rachel Corrie grew up in the ’80s and ’90s in Olympia, Washington.
In the early 2000s she joined the pro-Palestinian International Solidarity Movement, or ISM. That’s how she ended up in March 2003 in Rafah in Gaza. She and other ISM volunteers were there to protest the Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes.
On March 16, 2003, Rachel positioned herself as a human shield in front of one home, and was killed by an Israeli armored bulldozer that crushed her.
Rachel Corrie became an international symbol, a hero to many, a martyr to some
Back home in Olympia, to her parents Craig and Cindy Corrie, Rachel was still their little girl.
After Rachel’s death Her Diaries, journals, and other writings were published in a book called Let Me Stand Alone.
Craig and Cindy Corrie went out to promote the book, and that’s when I met them
So here now from 2008 Craig and Cindy Corrie.
Rachel Corrie would have been 46 now.