Courier Staff Report
Nearly 4,000 James Logan High School went quiet Monday during second period announcements, when Principal Abhi Brar invoked a moment of silence in memory of Medina Faraz, a 2013 Logan graduate, who died after falling off a cliff in Big Sur on Friday.
According to various reports, Faraz, 20, was walking along the edge of a precipice above the ocean at McWay Falls, near Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park in the Big Sur area of California’s central coast, when she fell and plunged into the water below. After Monterey County Search and Rescue and California State Parks recovered the body, officials made a preliminary finding that she drowned.
She lacked the proper equipment, clothing and footwear necessary to climb the cliffs in that area, officials said.
The Faraz family has established a GoFundMe account to help pay for her funeral and other expenses. As of Monday morning, $25,795 of $30,000 sought had been pledged by 426 people.