January 7: 50 Years
“She was one of a kind” Lauren Henry. Karen’s roommate, 1968-87. Karen Lee Hunt would have turned 50 today.
January 7
“. . . all our memories — the ones I was lucky enough to share with you — will be with me forever. She was the best.” Joan, Karen’s roommate. Karen Lee Hunt would have turned 49 today.
Notting Hill, 1988
The map below, a larger version of the map on the London, 1988 page, shows the locations of students’ flats, local pubs, and other sites frequented by the Syracuse students in the fall of 1988.
January 7
Words don’t seem to be adequate to describe the inner beauty that I witnessed. I remember thinking to myself that already in her twenty years of life I couldn’t be more proud of her – just for being who she was and for having blossomed into someone so beautiful and special. Peggy Hunt Karen Lee…
Terror & Tears: Pan Am 103
Aired shortly before the 20th anniversary of the Pan Am 103 bombing, Terror & Tears is an award-winning documentary produced by Time Warner Cable and narrated by the late Bill Carey. The documentary was originally produced as a 6 part series; a longer version with slightly different material appeared later. Featuring interviews with family members,…
Karen Hunt, 1988
Karen Lee Hunt, Pi Beta Phi Portrait, 1988. Photo Credit: Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives at Syracuse University: The Karen Lee Hunt Family Papers. Karen Hunt. Chicago, Spring, 1988. This image is a color-corrected photograph of the poster that appears on the Remembrance Week, 2013 page. Karen Lee Hunt (right) in London early…
January 7
“You are truly a light, Karen, that touched the hearts and souls of so many. Your keen awareness of the feelings of others and the sounds of your character enabled you to understand the true meaning of friendship and love. You will remain forever beautiful; your kind of beauty can never die. We love you.”…
Webster Union Gallery
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“Somewhere, My Friend”
In the spring of 1981, a teenage girl from Webster was killed in a tragic accident at Seabreeze Park in Irondequoit. Peering out her window shortly after the accident, 13 year-old Karen Hunt spotted several of the girl’s friends walking down the street. Moved by the death of someone from her neighborhood and touched by…
Malaysia Airlines MH17
Our thoughts are with the families of those lost on Malaysia Airlines MH17 today. Thoughts: July 19. Many of the images from the tragic downing of MH17 bear a disconcerting similarity to those of Pan Am 103 from so many years ago. Once again, an airliner disintegrated in midair; once again, hundreds of innocents became…
Epiphany: 4/21/1989
Death was a frequent and unwelcome companion in the early 1980s. Five young friends and neighbors died in the 70s and early 80s; most perished in accidents along Boughton Hill Road. Greg, my best friend’s brother, was the first to die. A victim of a motorcycle accident, it would take years for his brain injury…
Richard Newbegin and “Song for Karen”
“Please accept this song from a total stranger.” Richard Newbegin Karen Lee, are you listening? Karen Lee, can you hear me? Are you there, can you see me? Let me know if you’re near me. The winter’s coldness blows, The warmth of you still glows. I wish that I could know who you were. Were…