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Two American college students participating in a study abroad program were killed in a boating accident in Copenhagen’s harbor on Saturday, The Los Angeles Times and Massachusetts Live reported. Leah Bell, of Pomona College, and Linsey Malia, of Stonehill College, were killed after a motorized water scooter hit the boat in which they and five other students were traveling.
Pomona said in a statement that Bell was a psychology major with interests in neuroscience who wanted to be a neonatal nurse. The statement quoted psychology professor Patricia Smiley, who said that Bell had interned in a neonatal unit.
"Leah was a lovely young woman and very kind. She was a pre-health student who was delighted by working with children," Smiley said. "She found that she loved the experience of caring for premature babies, of helping families learn to bond with them and have hope for their future as a family."
Malia, a psychology major and sociology minor, had been one of four Stonehill students who dressed as the college’s mascot, Ace the Skyhawk, at athletic events. “We are a close community at Stonehill, and Linsey contributed to many areas of campus life -- as a peer mentor, a teaching assistant, a member of the Moreau Honors Program and a volunteer with multiple campus partners. Her death represents a deep loss for all of us and, of course, for her family,” said Stonehill’s president, the Reverend John Denning.
