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Article: Teens break taboos against public displays of grief
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- Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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- December 1, 2007
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As Anthony Marie lay in a coma, Marina Panaia was trying to
figure out how to honor her friend's life.
"I knew that so many people cared about him," Panaia, 15, said of
her former Penn-Trafford High School classmate who died Nov. 21
after being hit by a car. "I just wanted a place for everyone to go,
say how much they miss him and share their feelings about it."
Panaia set up a memorial page for Marie on the social networking
site Facebook.com. Kaitlyn Maghery, 15, is helping create memorial T-
shirts emblazoned with Marie's name and a cross. Another friend and
a relative are considering tattoos, Panaia said.
In a mass-media society that encourages openness, teenagers
increasingly are making ...