Download or read book Within Her Grasp written by Joanne Simon Tailele and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-06-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated biography of Mari-Rae Sopper, one of the victims of the September 11, 2001 American Airlines Flight 77 hijacking, chronicling her life's path from a competitive gymnastics career at Palatine, Illinois' Fremd High School and throughout college, through her career with the US Navy JAGC, to her September 2001 hiring as the head coach of the Women's Gymnastics Team at the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB).