Yeon-Su Kim and Corey Allen died after being lost at sea while kayaking off Puerto Peñasco, Mexico. They were honored at NAU in Flagstaff on Saturday.
FLAGSTAFF — As people filled the assembly hall at Northern Arizona University on Saturday afternoon, photos and videos of Yeon-Su Kim and Corey Allen and the life they shared together were broadcast on the screen at the front of the room.
Speaking to an overflowing room with countless others who joined the memorial online, the couple's family, friends and colleagues took turns remembering the special people Kim and Allen were and the impact they have had on the world around them. "They were both wonderfully unique people but when you combine the two it created a multiplicative effect, it created a force that was impossible to resist. The world was just better when you were around them," he said.
Kim's sister Jiny Kim talked about plans she had made to come visit her sister in Arizona just next month. While they might not have spent a lot of time together growing up, Jiny said, they were looking forward to bonding more now that they were older and settled.The loss is so painful they still have not been able to break the news of their sister's death to their mother, Se Yong said.
The couple was deeply involved in projects and organizations in the city, including at NAU, Pine Forest Charter School, Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community and Allen's photography studio Hidden Light.
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