
“She was - she was awesome,” her mother said.
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“She was loved by her friends, she was dearly loved by her family, she was admired by her peers, she was just a shining star.”Īnd her professional interest ran in the family: Harris’s grandfather is also a psychologist, and her father said she “comes from a long line of psychologists.” “She was fearless, she was absolutely fearless,” he said. She had an affinity for the outdoors and loved hiking, he said. Harris’s father described her as outgoing and well-traveled. “That’s the irony that we’re at looking at right now,” Patrick Harris said. Given her work with children, the circumstances of her death - after a suicide attempt by a 12-year-old - were not lost on the family. The 12-year-old girl was discovered outside of an old cement building in Lakeland, Florida where officials believe she may have jumped from a cement silo that had three tiers ranging from 16-60 feet off the ground. Harris was a high-achieving student, graduating summa cum laude from Towson University, where she completed her undergraduate degree, Miller said. Rebecca Ann Sedwick jumped to her death last Tuesday after what appears to be at least a year and a half of bullying.

A 12-year-old boy is recovering and remains hospitalized days after he jumped several feet. “She was caring - I mean she had an absolute love for children,” Harris’s mother, Leigh Miller said. Police officer jumps off overpass to save boy's life in daring New York rescue. She had a passion for working with children with severe behavioral problems, they said. Harris, who lived in Arlington, was pursuing her master’s degree in clinical counseling at Marymount University, her parents said Sunday from Olney. A 22-year-old woman was killed this weekend when a 12-year-old boy believed to have been attempting suicide jumped from an overpass and landed on her car. Police continued to investigate the incident Sunday. Harris, 22, of Olney, Md., was killed when a 12-year-old boy jumped from an overpass over I-66 in Virginia on Saturday, and hit the vehicle Harris was driving, police said. The boy was taken to Inova Fairfax Hospital, where he is being treated for life-threatening injuries, police said.

Harris was killed by the impact of the fall, according to Corinne Geller, a spokeswoman for Virginia State Police. The man, who died after jumping, led police on a frantic chase yesterday afternoon to a bridge on Don Mills Rd., over Highway 401.

Marisa Harris, 22, was headed eastbound on Interstate 66 near the. Harris, 22, of Olney, Md., was killed when a 12-year-old boy jumped from an overpass over I-66 on Saturday, and hit the vehicle Harris was driving, police said. A 12-year-old boy who police said jumped off a highway overpass in an attempted suicide took the life of a young woman instead. Police say a 12-year-old boy jumped from an overpass above Interstate 66 in northern Virginia and fell onto a car, killing the driver.
