SCHOOLMATES PRAY FOR 2 ALEMANY GRADS KILLED IN CRASH.Byline: BRAD A. GREENBERG Staff Writer Hilarious. Gorgeous. Perfect. ``The most beautiful people I've ever seen,'' Amanda Thompson said of Angela Reyes and Priscilla Cruces cru·ces n. A plural of crux. . The June graduates and former jewels of Bishop Alemany High School Bishop Alemany High School is a Roman Catholic secondary school located in the Mission Hills neighboorhood of Los Angeles, California, located in the San Fernando Valley. It is located within the San Fernando Pastoral Region of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. in Mission Hills were admired by the girls and desired by the boys. Pretty, popular and personable PERSONABLE. Having the capacities of a person; for example, the defendant was judged personable to maintain this action. Old Nat. Brev. 142. This word is obsolete. , Angela and Priscilla had moved on two months ago to their first semester at California State University Enrollment  , Long Beach. Their deaths early Saturday in an auto crash ripped a hole right through the heart of their Alemany family. ``Empty -- that's the word,'' said senior Katie Gensley, 17, describing how students feel. On Monday, senior Catherine Podegracz said, ``everybody looked like zombies Zombies Companies that continue to operate even though they are insolvent. Also known as living dead. Notes: It's advisable to avoid investing in zombies at all costs their life expectancies are highly unpredictable. .'' ``Prayer is the thing that has kept us all sane,'' said Alexis Dabovich, who was a cheerleader alongside Priscilla. Angela, 18, and Priscilla, 19, spent their last night at a Halloween party at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona History W.K. Kellogg develops Arabian horse ranch W.K. Kellogg, known for his famous Corn Flakes, had a life long passion for Arabian horses. After purchasing 377 acres at a cost of $25,000 USD, Kellogg developed the land into a world-renowned Arabian horse ranch. , where a mutual friend was a student. They left the party late. At 4:55 a.m., Angela's Acura was heading south on Interstate 605 through Santa Fe Springs Santa Fe Springs, city (1990 pop. 15,520), Los Angeles co., SW Calif., inc. 1957. The city lies in an oil and natural gas region and has diversified manufacturing. when it veered off the road. The car careened down an embankment, slammed into a tree and caught fire, the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. said. Their seat belts couldn't save them, and both were pronounced dead 20 minutes later. No other cars were involved, and it is unclear what caused the crash. Toxicology toxicology, study of poisons, or toxins, from the standpoint of detection, isolation, identification, and determination of their effects on the human body. Toxicology may be considered the branch of pharmacology devoted to the study of the poisonous effects of drugs. reports are under way. The news hit friends and family in shock waves. Angela's father, Gary, and his new bride were in an LAX terminal, an hour from boarding a flight to Cancun, Mexico, for their honeymoon when his ex-wife called. ``All I could make out was `My baby! My baby!' and `coroner,''' said Reyes, 51, of Northridge. ``I just knew right then what had happened.'' Danny Thompson Daniel Henry Edward 'Danny' Thompson (born 4 April 1939) is an English double bass player. He has had a long musical career playing with a large variety of other musicians, particularly Richard Thompson (no relation) and John Martyn, but including many others: at various times has , Priscilla's boyfriend of 1 1/2 years, wouldn't let himself believe what he had heard from a friend later that morning. He called Priscilla -- no answer. He called her parents -- no answer. He drove to their Granada Hills home and learned what he didn't want to be true. ``You want to say, `Why me? Why her?' But I think I am one of the most blessed people in the world,'' he said, pausing and choking back tears, ``to love her and have been loved by her. ``She gave me something no one else ever will.'' Amanda Thompson, who thought of her brother's girlfriend like a big sister, text-messaged close friends, and about 25 people met at Alemany on Saturday evening for prayer. The next night, 300 students and a handful of teachers showed up, as much shaken by the deaths of their friends as by the belief that it could have happened to any of them. ``They were so smart and funny and had everything going for them,'' Katie said. ``That's why you always need to tell people you love them every time you see them because you don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if it is the last time.'' Administrators knew Monday wouldn't be a normal day at the nearly 1,500-student campus, so they provided additional counseling services, left the chapel open and permitted students to leave class if they needed to grieve. The pews were full most of the day, with heads bowed in prayer and friends consoling each other. ``Our kids are more in tune with God than we sometimes give them credit for,'' said Jan Galla, assistant principal of student services. ``They were the ones who told us they needed to pray, not just that they needed crisis counselors. They needed a time to pray and be alone with their thoughts and reflect on the people they love. They realized how fragile life is.'' In the chapel, students had erected a shrine to the girls. Photos of Angela and Priscilla looking beautiful. Prayer boxes for each so friends could pass notes to their families. Dozens of prayer candles, some that had been burning since Saturday. And a religious tapestry. It bore an image of Jesus Christ Jesus Christ: see Jesus. Jesus Christ 40 days after Resurrection, ascended into heaven. [N.T.: Acts 1:1–11] See : Ascension Jesus Christ kind to the poor, forgiving to the sinful. [N.T. holding an open Bible with the Latin word pax -- peace -- written on it. On Jesus' right was a photo of Priscilla; on his left, a portrait of Angela. Many of the students praying before the shrine believed their friends were with him now. ``God,'' Amanda said, ``is having a beauty pageant.'' brad.greenberg(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3634 CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Priscilla Cruces' boyfriend Danny Thompson visits Bishop Alemany High School in the aftermath of the auto crash that killed Cruces and her friend Angela Reyes. (2) Alemany High students visit a memorial in the Mission Hills school's chapel for Alemany graduates Priscilla Cruces and Angela Reyes, who died Saturday in an auto crash. Evan Yee/Staff Photographer (3 -- color) Angela Reyes (4 -- color) Priscilla Cruces |
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