Deora Bodley

Deora Bodley (April 8, 1981 - September 11, 2001) was an American student. She grew up in San Diego, California, where she graduated from La Jolla Country Day High School. As a junior at Santa Clara University, she pursued a double major in French and psychology. She volunteered for AIDS education, Special Olympics and America Reads, where she helped children to read.

Bodley died at the age of 20 in the crash of United Airlines Flight 93 in the September 11, 2001 Attacks in USA.

She is survived by her father, Derrill Bodley, her mother, Deborah Borza, her sister Murial (10), her step-mother Nancy Mangum-Bodley and her step-sister, Eva Rupp.

Deora left behind a diary with a poem she wrote in 1992 at age 11:

"People ask who, what, where, when, why, how. I ask Peace".

In her memory, her father co-founded "September 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows" and worked to rebuild schools in Afghanistan until his death in 2005 September 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows.