MD native killed in Mumbai
Posted by Stan Moore on November 28, 2008A foundation in Virginia is confirming the deaths of a man and his teenage daughter in the terrorist attacks in India.
A spokeswoman with the Synchronicity Foundation said Friday Alan Scherr and his 13-year-old daughter, Naomi, were killed while they were in a cafe in Mumbai.
Bobbie Garvey says the 58-year-old father and his daughter were identified by colleagues.
The two lived at the Nelson County foundation, about 15 miles southwest of Charlottesville, which promotes a high-tech form of meditation.
Garvey said Scherr is a Maryland native and a former college professor.
Scherr was a faculty member at the University of Maryland and a professor at Loyola.
Garvey said four other members of a 25-member delegation from Synchronicity were injured and are recovering.
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