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Rachel Corrie's Life & Death
A Photostory

Rachel's Life
Rachel in Rafah
Rachel's Final Stand Read Joe Carr's WRITINGS about Rachel
Rachel's Murder Listen to Joe's Carr's MUSIC about Rachel
Immediate Aftermath
Memorial Demonstrations
Memorial Art

RACHEL'S LIFE

Rachel in Rafah

                       Rachel in headscarf                                                       Rachel giving an interview with Al-Jazeera
                    photographer unknown                                                                    photographer unknown


     Rachel with the family of Dr. Sameer,                           Rachel demonstrating against the US invasion of Iraq.
     she died defending their home                                                                photographers unknown

    Rachel protests the Israeli military's               Rachel sports jumpsuit         Rachel with Palestinian friend Monsuer, who's    Rachel protects Palestinian water      shooting of Palestinian children.             given by a Palestinian friend        home ISMers tried to protect from demolition      workers from Israeli snipers.
            photographer unknown                               photo by Joe Carr                         photographer unknown                              photo by Joe Carr

Rachel's Final Stand

March 16, 03
Rachel nonviolently blocks Israeli bulldozers from destroying Palestinian homes along the Rafah/Egyptian border along with nine other International Solidarity Movement volunteers. Photos from earlier in the day, NOT OF THE ACTUAL INCIDENT of her death.
photos by Joe Carr

Rachel's Murder

photo by Richard Purcell photo by Joe Carr photo by Joe Carr

March 16, 2003, 5:45pm                                                                                                      March 16, 2003, 6pm
Israeli Bulldozer drives over Rachel and then reverses over her again. ISMers               Palestinian paramedics arrive and take Rachel
run to her side.                                                                                                                          to the Rafah hospital.

                                             Immediate Aftermath

                  March 16, 2003, 6pm Palestinian doctors try to save Rachel, and can't. She's pronounced dead at 6:20pm
                                                                                           photographers unknown

Friend and witness Nick grieves. Friend & witness Alice grieves.

Memorial Graffiti by Palestinians in Rafah photos by Joe Carr Rachel's Parents photo unknown

Memorial Demonstrations
photographers unknown

March 18th, 2003 Rachel Memorial Action on the site of her death. Israeli tanks tried to disrupt, but hundreds of Palestinians poured onto the border and occupied the space for 2 hours despite live gunfire and tear gas. photos by Joe Carr