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Liza Whitacre – October 2009

Liza Whitacre, a 20-year-old barista and Loyola University student, was lost October 21st in a tragic cycling accident on Chicago’s north side. Whitacre was cycling with a roommate on Damen Avenue, when she attempted to pass between a truck and a CTA bus. Whitacre apparently slipped off her bike and fell underneath the passing truck. Whitacre was a popular barista at Chicago’s Metropolis Coffee House. In a statement issued by the cafe shortly after the incident, she is remembered lovingly.

Whitacre described her favorite actitives as “…biking to a café, drinking coffee while talking to a friend in french and knitting…” on her Twitter page. Tweeters from all around Chicago and patrons of the trendy cafe have  grieved the loss of this radiant young woman. Her approach to being was so simple – love it, whatever it is. That, for Liza, was so many things. Coffee, biking, friendship, school, figure skating… She meant the world to us, and we will never forget her strong and positive impact on each and everyone of us. “She radiated, she beamed, she rubbed off that pixie glow on everyone that she came across”.

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