Nap Cantwell

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Nap Cantwell
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Age: 18

Location:
Pike and Boren
Seattle , WA
United States

From the Seattle Times:

Two “ghost bikes” were hung at the intersection where 18-year-old Nap
Cantwell was fatally injured in a bicycle accident in late May.

Cantwell was running late for work May 29, when he took off down Capitol Hill on his dad’s bike.

At 6:20 a.m., he collided with a van at Pike Street and Boren Avenue and was taken by ambulance to Harborview Medical Center.

Cantwell died there eight days later, his parents and sister at his bedside.

Bicycle rider Nap Cantwell collided with a van at Pike Street and Boren
Avenue on May . He died from his injuries eight days later. Two ghost
bikes are displayed in his memory at the intersection where the crash
occurred. (Seattle Times photo)

Nap is rememberd in this article and this article

From Seattle Bike Blog:

Nap Cantwell memorial scholarship fund raises over $32K for Bike Works

In the wake of 18-year-old Nap Cantwell’s tragic death following a
May 29 collision at Pike and Boren, his family asked that donations in
his honor be made to Bike Works.

In the first week, $11,000 were donated to the organization, which
put the money toward their youth programs. As of today, more than
$32,000 has been donated to the fund, Bike Works’ Colina Barlow told Capitol Hill Seattle. That’s a whole lot of youth empowerment and education.

Here’s Barlow’s email to CHS (contains details on how to contribute to the fund):

In June of this year, a young man named Nap Cantwell lost
his life after colliding with a van while riding his
father’s bike to work. Following the accident, the family asked that
donations be made to Bike Works.  Immediately, we established a Nap
Cantwell Youth Scholarship Fund, to support young leaders interested in
furthering their skills as bicyclists, bike mechanics and community
changers.

We were humbled by the outpour of community support that was shown to
this fund, which, it its first week alone, grew to over $11,000. The
contributions continue to flow in daily, through heartfelt letters,
bicycle donations, and monetary offerings. The scholarship fund
contributions currently total over $32,000, and we are honored for this
opportunity to steward a youth scholarship fund in Nap’s name,
perpetuating his love of cycling and of Seattle. We are confident that
this fund will help Seattle youth for years to come.

For those interested in supporting, donations can be made online through Bike Works’ secure website.

To make a donation by mail, please send your check payable to “Bike Works” at our office:

Bike Works
Attn: Development
3709 S Ferdinand St
Seattle, WA 98118