Celebrating the life of

Sarah Best

13 Sep 1991 - 29 Jan 2025

Family and friends

Sarah Best passed away on Wednesday, January 29th, 2025, at the age of 33. She was among those who perished on the tragic American Airlines flight in Washington, D.C. We invite you to add your favorite memories with Sarah to this page: you can write messages, upload photos, and also add short videos.

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Loved By

Michelle Wang

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Michelle Wang

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Michelle Wang

Esther K. Ehehehehehe

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Michelle Wang

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MWSZ

8 Jul 2023

Friends of Sarah We had so much fun celebrating our marriage with Sarah. She and Dan brought so much joy with them - I think the photos speak for themselves.

Friends of S. (This is Michelle Wang and Morgan Talbot)

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Esther Kang HEHEHE

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JBMHSZ

Esther Kang A full goof

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chrissy

Sabrina Minhas

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Sabrina Minhas

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Sabrina Minhas

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Sabrina Minhas

1 2022

Jen Best Quick trip to Sedona! Only this couple would want to do 3 hikes in 2 days lol

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13 Sep 2022

Jen Best Her 31 birthday in Philly

Jul 2021

Jen Best Meeting blackbutt and working in the garden

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chrissy

Anna Johnson

Meghan Henrich Judge Cronan got this made and had it printed on a mug for Sarah. Everything she is holding are references to some of the cases she worked on!

Meghan Henrich

Meghan Henrich Chambers trip to the Mets game!

Meghan Henrich

Meghan Henrich Korean Hearts ❤️❤️

Meghan Henrich Sarah at my engagement party ❤️❤️

Meghan Henrich I love you so much Sarah ❤️

Loved By

Meghan Henrich Always lifting me up ❤️

Meghan Henrich

Anna Johnson

Jul 2021

Jen Best half moon bay, love and fun wherever they are

chrissy

Holly

Meghan Henrich ❤️❤️❤️

Bailey Suh

Bailey Suh Junior year of highschool. We made it our pigtail day.

Bailey Suh Visiting in savannah in 2012.

2008

Bailey Suh Starbucks coffee date in high school. Sarah always had the frappe.

2017

Bailey Suh Korean karaoke for at my wedding in nyc.

28 Jan 2021

Kellen McCoy Sarah winning Keedy and being named Best Oralist (over Zoom).

Kellen McCoy

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Emily S

Derek Elkins

chrissy sarah yeeting her grad cap into the stratosphere, probably

chrissy

chrissy new york. the PB mango cake was a recurring character

chrissy

chrissy sarah (and esther) embarrassing me with their couple outfits

chrissy nashville, not athens

chrissy

chrissy APALSA baby 1Ls after oral arguments

chrissy that’s my drink she’s holding, but she made me switch for the photos because my glass was “more sarah” than hers and hers was “more chrissy”

chrissy

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JBSZ

chrissy

2019

Sara Zhou End of 1L

Roger Li

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Coco Chinese food followed by mango mango - our favorite tradition in philly and New York

Anita Thank you for making college fun with me … 😭 🥺

Rebecca Pietrzak

Rebecca P. When half-marathon RACE DAY always regrettably became our first day of training…

Rebecca Pietrzak

18 Aug 2022

Allison Fowler Weekend lake day on Laurel Lake in London KY! (Kentucky clerkship)

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Rebecca Pietrzak

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18 Aug 2022

Allison Fowler Whittling her first stick (Kentucky clerkship)

Rebecca Pietrzak

Rebecca P. Forever grateful for Jenis ice cream dates

Rebecca Pietrzak

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Rebecca Pietrzak

Cynthia Morton

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JBCM

2017

Cynthia Morton

24 Nov 2017

Cynthia Morton

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24 Nov 2017

Cynthia Morton

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Esther Kang Sarah said she’d get a bob with me when we went to Flushing. While my hairdresser was snipping, she said “nah I’m just going to get an inch off”LOOOOL

Esther Kang Sarah meeting my cousin and asking her about her childhood trauma

Rebecca P. I think I remeber her telling me about this! Not the details, just the event. Sarah loved getting to know people deeply.

Esther Kang Sarah meeting my other best friend Madhu and asking about her childhood trauma

Esther Kang

Coco Sarah doing acro for the first time and excelling as she does. Though zoom in to see the terror in her eyes🤣

May 2013

Annie Sarah's undergrad graduation! with loving family

Dec 2010

Annie A snowy Christmas at the Best house. Snowdog made in honor of Junior by Sarah.

2011

Annie Sarah's 20th birthday with a cute smile

Jun 2013

Annie visiting Sarah in Memphis

2011

Annie studying hard while being cute. Sarah made the best rounded cookies.

Steven Dallas

chrissy such a cute pic until you zoom in on the utter consternation on pepper’s face

Esther Kang A full derp

2008

Chelsea Carpenter Celebrating Sarah's birthday at Dairy Queen our senior year

2009

Chelsea Carpenter

2007

Chelsea Carpenter Our AP Chemistry class

22 Mar 2014

James Lee Sarah, Jen, and Jessica at Jen's medical school match day

Michelle Wang Waking up at 4am to line up for SCOTUS oral arguments with Sarah. We made it into the courtroom!

Michelle Wang

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Michelle Wang

Aug 2024

Jen Best Testing feasibility of a baby shower game. Silly as hell but giving her all like always

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2018

Sara Zhou Sarah drew this picture of me holding my cat Daisy after hearing me complain about how Daisy would never let me pick her up.

Daniel Solomon My Mom's favorite picture of us

Daniel Solomon Our first big trip together, to the Canadian Rockies in summer 2015: this is when we knew for sure we were going to go the distance!

Daniel Solomon Relaxing on the rooftop of our Philly apartment in 2023

Daniel Solomon Sarah with her study plushies

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Daniel Solomon ... and Sarah with her nap plushy

Daniel Solomon another turkey dinner down!

Daniel Solomon with my brother in my home town of Vicenza

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Daniel Solomon our pack at rest

Daniel Solomon When Sarah spent a year in Kentucky, she would drive 300 miles to see me at last once a month, with Kerby as her copilot

Daniel Solomon Hiking the Amalfi Coast!

Daniel Solomon Sarah winning the Keedy Cup!

Daniel Solomon Family hike in Sedona

Daniel Solomon Back for Dad's birthday!

Loved By

Daniel Solomon getting into the Christmas spirit

Daniel Solomon

Daniel Solomon my addition to the iconic Law School graduation photo

Daniel Solomon What Sarah wanted, not just for me, but for us all

Daniel Solomon Sarah being told she needs to eat more vegetables

Daniel Solomon Sarah, Kerby, and Noah!

6 Jan 2009

Bailey Suh Sarah's high school graduation

Bailey Suh

15 Sep 2007

Bailey Suh Sarah's birthday. Circa ~2007-2008

2012

Bronwen Wickkiser In Athens for a Vanderbilt course (here w/ Emily Cook). Brilliant, empathetic, curious: Sarah was a delight as a student and friend.

2020

Maura Slocum Sarah and I went to a candle making class in Philadelphia.

Sarah Best

Sarah Best

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