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The closest of friends, in life and death

April 29, 2016

Brittany and Kayla.

Kayla and Brittany.

Their Facebook pages tell the story. Brittany Feldman’s are filled with photos of Kayla. And Kayla Canedo’s burst with images of Brittany.

The University of Georgia standouts, who both hailed from Alpharetta, blazed through life as "two peas in a pod" — and exited this life together Wednesday night in a devastating wreck that killed four UGA students and injured a fifth.

What were the roots of their friendship? And how did their shared faith make a powerful impact on one friend of a different faith? Visit MyAJC.com.

About the Author

Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.

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