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At Hunter Lake, campers recall Schuler family

Mary Ann White of New Jersey was at

Photo credit: Photo by Charles Eckert | Mary Ann White of New Jersey was at the same campground as the Schuler family members before they died in a crash on the Taconic State Parkway. (Photo by Charles Eckert/July 27, 2009)

"Goodbye! Have a safe trip!"

Those are the last words Ann Scott, owner of the Hunter Lake Campground in Parksville, N.Y., remembers saying to a smiling Diane Schuler as she pulled out of the campsite Sunday morning. She had a minivan full of kids yelling their own goodbyes out the windows as she drove up the red clay road.

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