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Families of mistakenly identified students struggle with feelings | In the blur of days following the revelation that Whitney Cerak lives and Laura VanRyn does not, a delicate drama is playing out as both groups of family and friends attempt to manage a miracle chained to a tragedy. (June 4, 2006)

Anguish follows tragic case of mistaken identity | Whitney Cerak and Laura VanRyn looked remarkably alike. But so much alike that a coroner investigating a traffic accident could confuse one, who died, with the other, who lived? That Laura's family could tend the injured Whitney for five weeks before realizing that she was not their daughter? (June 4, 2006)

Mistaken identities: Confusion of horrific accident resulted in wrong tag | The run from the school's campus in Fort Wayne, Ind., back to Taylor's Upland home was a straight 55-mile shot southbound on I-69. They were carried into an astonishing journey full of faith, celebration and anguish caused not only by death but by an inexplicable mix-up where two women would be confused for one another. (June 3, 2006)

The latest information about Whitney Cerak is available from her family's blog.

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