Lightning victims remembered

By Megan Tomasic

Sergio Bell would FaceTime every night with his best friend Kaitlyn E. Rosensteel, who he nicknamed Bubba and took to prom. Everyone else referred to her as Moe.

With his other best friend, Brendan A. McGowan, he would jam out to music in the car, sometimes persuading McGowan to let him drive the Jeep.

Almost 100 students and family members gathered Friday at Greensburg Central Catholic High School to honor Rosensteel, of Donora, and McGowan, of North Huntingdon. The 18 year olds were killed Thursday by a lightning strike at Mammoth Park in Mt. Pleasant Township.

“This world didn’t deserve either of them,” said Sara Orndoff, McGowan’s girlfriend, and one of Rosensteel’s best friends and soccer teammates.

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