2 high school grads remembered after deadly Mammoth Park lightning strike

Kaitlyn E. Rosensteel and Brendan McGowan

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Kaitlyn E. Rosensteel

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Greensburg Central Catholic’s Brendan McGowan catches a grounder to infield against Ligonier Valley in WPIAL baseball Wednesday, April 17, 2019, at Ligonier Valley High School.

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The tree where lightning struck and killed recent high school graduates Brendan McGowan of North Huntingdon, and Kaitlyn E. Rosensteel, of Donora, at Mammoth Park Lake in Mt. Pleasant Township on Thursday, June 13, 2019.

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The tree where lightning struck and killed recent high school graduates Brendan McGowan of North Huntingdon, and Kaitlyn E. Rosensteel, of Donora, at Mammoth Park Lake in Mt. Pleasant Township on Thursday, June 13, 2019.

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Principal Ben Althof, talks about recent graduate Brendan McGowan, at Greensburg Central Catholic High School in Hempfield Township, on Friday, June 14, 2019.

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The tree where lightning struck and killed recent high school graduates Brendan McGowan of North Huntingdon, and Kaitlyn E. Rosensteel, of Donora, at Mammoth Park Lake in Mt. Pleasant Township on Thursday, June 13, 2019.

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Principal Ben Althof, talks about recent graduate Brendan McGowan, at Greensburg Central Catholic High School in Hempfield Township, on Friday, June 14, 2019.

Dan Speicher | Tribune-Review
Principal Ben Althof, talks about recent graduate Brendan McGowan, at Greensburg Central Catholic High School in Hempfield Township, on Friday, June 14, 2019.

Dan Speicher | Tribune-Review
The tree where lightning struck and killed recent high school graduates Brendan McGowan of North Huntingdon, and Kaitlyn E. Rosensteel, of Donora, at Mammoth Park Lake in Mt. Pleasant Township on Thursday, June 13, 2019.

Greensburg Catholic Diocese
The Rev. Eric Dinga, a pastor in Latrobe, participates in an outdoor prayer service at Greensburg Central Catholic High School on Friday, June 14, 2019, to remember a recent graduate and another former student who were killed by lightning a day earlier.

Greensburg Catholic Diocese
More than 100 students, parents and school staff attended an outdoor prayer service at Greensburg Central Catholic High School on Friday, June 14, 2019, to remember a recent graduate and another former student who were killed by lightning a day earlier.












