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Article: Harvard student from Palo Alto dies in fall from horse
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- October 9, 2009
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A Harvard University student who starred as a rower at Palo Alto
High School died last week of injuries sustained in a fall from a
horse.
Ariel Shaker, who grew up riding horses at the Stanford Red Barn
and played polo at Harvard, was pitched from her mount while riding
casually with friends in Ipswich, Mass., according to Boston-area
news reports. The horse apparently fell on her, causing a massive
head injury. She died Oct. 7 at Boston Medical Center. She was 21.
"She died doing what she enjoyed most in the world," said her
father, Douglas Shaker.
From her childhood, Ariel Shaker loved animals, and a girlish
affinity for horses blossomed when her parents signed her up for
riding lessons at ...