Scholarship Created In Memory Of OFA Student
Owego Free Academy has announced a new scholarship in the name of one of its fallen students, Abby Mae Luffman.
Abby Luffman was a 16 year old student at OFA when she tragically passed away last year from a rare blood disorder called Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura.
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According to a News release from Owego Free Academy, Abby had plans to start a career in the medical healthcare field, and had always wanted to help others.
Even in her passing she helped saved lives by donating organs to two individuals.
The Abby Mae Luffman Memorial Scholarship was created to help, others who aspire to be in the medical field.
Excitement, exhilaration, and a bit of nervousness were the emotions felt by most on Saturday, May 30 as they witnessed the successful launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon Spacecraft, with Owego Free Academy graduate and Apalachin, New Yorkâs own Doug Hurley onboard.
The launch, initially scheduled for May 27, 2020, was scrubbed due to unfavorable weather conditions around Launch Complex 39A, according to NASA.
The launch on Saturday, May 30, resulted in a liftoff of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft. And according to NASA, Behnken and Hurley are the first astronauts to launch from U.S. soil since the end of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011.