From Baltimore Sun: Elizabeth Nass and Rose Mayr sat on the edge of the Ellicott City bridge dangling their bare feet over a dimly lit Main Street shortly before midnight Monday, a last get-together before parting for their junior year away at college.
"Drinking on top of the Ellicott City sign with @r0se_petals," Nass wrote on Twitter at 11:40 p.m.
At 11:51 p.m, Mayr posted a snapshot of their feet high above the road and what would be a final message: "Levitating."
Moments later, a CSX train
traveling along railroad tracks atop the iconic red bridge derailed,
burying the 19-year-old best friends in coal. When police recovered
their bodies, they were still seated on the edge of the span.
Howard County police, who said those Twitter accounts appeared to
belong to the women, are examining the teens' cell phones to verify the
messages.
"It's unimaginable," said Mark Mayr, Rose's father. "From 4 a.m. until 8 a.m., it was terrible uncertainty."
The
family had to identify her from a photo, said Mark Mayr, who spoke at a
candlelight vigil Tuesday night at Mount Hebron High School, where both
women graduated in 2010. Rose's mother, Sharon, and her older sister,
Anna, also attended the vigil.
Kyle Nass, a cousin of Liz Nass, also spoke briefly, calling her a role model for the many cousins in their large family.
"She was very charismatic, extremely intelligent. She had the biggest heart," he said.
The two had known each other since elementary school and had recently resumed their close friendship, Mark Mayr said. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/bs-md-teens-20120821,0,5815536.story
Some times, you just cannot explain things and this is one of those times.
Sunrise — 6:43, 6:45.
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