Comments on: Respecting the Life and Memory of Sydney Monfries

By: Jeanne Carroll

Jeanne Carroll — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 01:01:12 +0000

Very thoughtful article and well written. My thoughts and prayers go out to her family, friends and the Fordham community.

Proud Fordham Alum ’96

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 11:11:14 +0000

May comfort, grace, and peace overshadow the family, friends, and community as a whole in this tragic loss. May Sydney’s life speak beyond this tragedy and serve others as a reminder of the sacredness of life and the brevity of time. May leadership respond with sense of wholehearted commitment in their efforts to stem any possible opportunities for such an incident to reoccur. God bless all concerned.

By: Bruce Ward

Bruce Ward — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 10:45:35 +0000

Well done and thank you for this piece.

By: BJ Gilmore

BJ Gilmore — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 15:27:40 +0000

This tragic accident was indeed treated in a sensational manner by a number of media outlets. The Ram’s editorial was spot on.

Many Sydney rest in the arms of Jesus and may her loving family find peace.

Bernie Gilmore
FCRH, 1963
Ram Reporter

By: Marciana Popescu

Marciana Popescu — Fri, 19 Apr 2019 16:33:02 +0000

Beautiful article, beautiful approach to such an enormous tragedy! Thank you for challenging us all to think before we speak, to pause before we write or post, to value human life above everything, and respect each other’s need for privacy. As a professor at Fordham, I am proud of our community, and especially proud of our students, often mature beyond their age! As a mother of a Fordham graduate… my heart goes to Sydney’s family. This is a loss that no words can describe! And I am so sorry that on top of such an unimaginable loss they had to deal with an invasion of their privacy and a distortion of the accident that took Sydney away from them… from us. Yet I do hope that this article gave them a different message: one of love, and care, and respect for them, and a commitment to honor Sydney’s memory as a wonderful Fordham student, and a beautiful human being!

By: Maura McCoy

Maura McCoy — Fri, 19 Apr 2019 15:01:48 +0000

Thank you!!

By: Kim Silvera

Kim Silvera — Fri, 19 Apr 2019 14:55:04 +0000

Well presented. Thank you for reminding us to pause, stop the sensational storytelling and to focus on what is most real and most important. Sydney’s death was tragic and our focus should be on supporting her family and the Fordham student body. As a childhood classmate of Sydney’s dad, I believe he would want us to celebrate her, her life and the way she lived life out loud and not focus on how she died.

By: Lisa Lange

Lisa Lange — Fri, 19 Apr 2019 13:38:16 +0000

The Post should be ashamed of themselves and I grieve for Sydney’s parents having been exposed to such trash. The Fordham community will rally around those that need support, that’s what we did during our time on campus and have taken with us into our adult lives. Our time at Fordham taught us all to be better people, especially during the hard times. A wise man once told me “people’s true colors come out during difficult times” and that couldn’t be more true of the media vultures that devoured this unfortunate story.

By: Roxana Callejo Garcia

Roxana Callejo Garcia — Fri, 19 Apr 2019 12:51:46 +0000

Thank you for your eloquent and fitting reprimand. My heart goes out to her family and friends.

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 19 Apr 2019 11:25:57 +0000

Thank you for writing this. As someone who has lost a child I am glad you have pointed out that the unthinkable is often just an accident, a tragedy that could happen to any of us. It could have been us or our child . Sensationalizing it and subconsciously writing to apply blame to refute the thought that this couldn’t have happened to any of us is irresponsible and lacks any empathy.