As She Lay Dying after a Tragic Hiking Accident, Angela Baird’s ability to draw on her faith left a lasting impression on those around her

Nineteen-year-old Angela Baird died Nov. 6, 1997, after a tragic hiking accident, barely two months into her sophomore year at Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, California. On the surface, there might seem to be little extraordinary about her death other than that her family and friends will dearly miss the energetic girl with the…