Mickey Shunick
Mickey Shunick
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Age: 22
Location:
Acadiana
Lafayette , LA
United States
Mickey Shunick was deliberately hit on her bike and abducted. Friends and family celebrated her life with a bike ride and a concert with her favorite bands and then installed a ghost bike and planted a pocket park in her memory.
Her abuductor pled guilty to murder.
“My sister, Mickey Shunick, was a warrior,” Charlene “Charlie” Shunick
wrote in a statement issued after Lavergne’s plea. “If it wasn’t for
her, our community never would have been able to bring down a dangerous
man that harmed multiple people,” the sister wrote, adding later, “The
power and strength she had throughout her life and especially on May
19th is something that I will strive to obtain in my lifetime.”
From KATC Channel 3
Mickey Shunick: A Life to be Celebrated
From the beginning, Mickey's family said it was the community that
gave them strength and today was a chance for this very community to
celebrate the life of a daughter, a sister and friend many came to know
as their own.
"She was a constant illumination that changed everyone's lives for the better," said Mickey's friend Josh Coen.
Mixed emotions at Parc International as hundreds gathered to
celebrate the life of Mickey Shunick. Those who knew Mickey best shared
stories about their friend. Receiving the loudest applause of the day,
Mickey's sister Charlie. Charlie fought back tears, overwhelmed by the
community support.
"The only reason we got this case resolved is because of the
community. I mean there are no words in the english language to describe
what people did for us," said Charlie.
Some of Mickey's favorite bands played in the rain, including the
band she went to see the night she went missing. The event concluded
with a bike ride following the route Mickey took home that night--to the
very spot where she was hit. It's there where a new pocket park was
built in her honor, with a permanent ghost bike on display, serving as a
reminder, of the "Mighty Mick."
"I didn't know Mickey touched this many people. I knew she was a
great person but wow," said one of Mickey's students, Meredith Stutes.
"It is a life to be celebrated. She lost the battle but won the war," said Charlie.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Age: 22
Location:
Acadiana
Lafayette , LA
United States
Mickey Shunick was deliberately hit on her bike and abducted. Friends and family celebrated her life with a bike ride and a concert with her favorite bands and then installed a ghost bike and planted a pocket park in her memory.
Her abuductor pled guilty to murder.
“My sister, Mickey Shunick, was a warrior,” Charlene “Charlie” Shunick
wrote in a statement issued after Lavergne’s plea. “If it wasn’t for
her, our community never would have been able to bring down a dangerous
man that harmed multiple people,” the sister wrote, adding later, “The
power and strength she had throughout her life and especially on May
19th is something that I will strive to obtain in my lifetime.”
From KATC Channel 3
Mickey Shunick: A Life to be Celebrated
From the beginning, Mickey's family said it was the community that
gave them strength and today was a chance for this very community to
celebrate the life of a daughter, a sister and friend many came to know
as their own.
"She was a constant illumination that changed everyone's lives for the better," said Mickey's friend Josh Coen.
Mixed emotions at Parc International as hundreds gathered to
celebrate the life of Mickey Shunick. Those who knew Mickey best shared
stories about their friend. Receiving the loudest applause of the day,
Mickey's sister Charlie. Charlie fought back tears, overwhelmed by the
community support.
"The only reason we got this case resolved is because of the
community. I mean there are no words in the english language to describe
what people did for us," said Charlie.
Some of Mickey's favorite bands played in the rain, including the
band she went to see the night she went missing. The event concluded
with a bike ride following the route Mickey took home that night--to the
very spot where she was hit. It's there where a new pocket park was
built in her honor, with a permanent ghost bike on display, serving as a
reminder, of the "Mighty Mick."
"I didn't know Mickey touched this many people. I knew she was a
great person but wow," said one of Mickey's students, Meredith Stutes.
"It is a life to be celebrated. She lost the battle but won the war," said Charlie.