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Hundreds of cyclists join memorial ride for woman killed on her bike in Bethesda
A large paid obituary for her appeared in the Washington Post over the weekend.
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Hundreds of cyclists join memorial ride for woman killed on her bike in Bethesda
Luke Lukert | llukert@wtop.com
September 5, 2022, 5:45 PM
Hundreds of cyclists rode through Bethesda, Maryland, on Labor Day to a spot on River Road where Sarah Langenkamp was hit and killed while riding her bike last month.
They were there to commemorate her with a painted white bicycle, called a ghost bike, that is now chained nearby. And the family said a miracle happened while they were there.
During a moment of silence held by Sarah Langenkamp’s family in front of her newly-chained ghost bike, a woman standing in the bike lane where Sarah was hit looked down at the asphalt. There, she saw a glittering stone that didn’t seem like it should have been there. ... It turned out to be a diamond.
Dan Langenkamp had received his wife’s personal belongings shortly after she was killed. The only thing missing was the diamond from her engagement ring; she wore it as a pendant around her neck. ... “I actually came back here and got on my hands and knees and I scoured the site looking for it,” Dan Langenkamp said, welling with tears. “We had understood that it remained with her. It had been next to her heart. And so she wanted it, I think.”
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Luke Lukert
Since joining WTOP Luke Lukert has held just about every job in the newsroom from producer to web writer and now he works as a full-time reporter. He is an avid fan of UGA football. Go Dawgs!
llukert@wtop.com
Hundreds of cyclists join memorial ride for woman killed on her bike in Bethesda
Luke Lukert | llukert@wtop.com
September 5, 2022, 5:45 PM
Hundreds of cyclists rode through Bethesda, Maryland, on Labor Day to a spot on River Road where Sarah Langenkamp was hit and killed while riding her bike last month.
They were there to commemorate her with a painted white bicycle, called a ghost bike, that is now chained nearby. And the family said a miracle happened while they were there.
During a moment of silence held by Sarah Langenkamp’s family in front of her newly-chained ghost bike, a woman standing in the bike lane where Sarah was hit looked down at the asphalt. There, she saw a glittering stone that didn’t seem like it should have been there. ... It turned out to be a diamond.
Dan Langenkamp had received his wife’s personal belongings shortly after she was killed. The only thing missing was the diamond from her engagement ring; she wore it as a pendant around her neck. ... “I actually came back here and got on my hands and knees and I scoured the site looking for it,” Dan Langenkamp said, welling with tears. “We had understood that it remained with her. It had been next to her heart. And so she wanted it, I think.”
{snip}
Luke Lukert
Since joining WTOP Luke Lukert has held just about every job in the newsroom from producer to web writer and now he works as a full-time reporter. He is an avid fan of UGA football. Go Dawgs!
llukert@wtop.com