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Schiffman and her best friend, Carol Kestenbaum of Bellmore, were gunned down in February 2005 in Tempe, Ariz. Schiffman, a journalism major at the University of Maryland, had gone to the University of Arizona to visit Kestenbaum. Schiffman's parents, Ron and Cheryl, at right, recently created the Nicole Schiffman Foundation to raise money for groups like the Long Island Crisis Center in Bellmore. Above, Denenberg and the Schiffmans, including Nicole's sister, Lindsey, look out on the preserve after the dedication ceremony. At right, family members and friends gather to remember Nicole at the entrance to the preserve.