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Massachusetts Nursing Student Falls to Her Death From Cancún Airbnb

In an obituary, family said Leah Pearse brought “light to every setting, sharing her passion for learning, nursing, and patient care with others.”

A Massachusetts nursing student slipped and fell three stories to her death in Cancún, Mexico, last week while trying to enter a locked Airbnb through a balcony. An obituary for Leah “Lee” Pearse, 20, said she died instantly on impact. “After a great beach day, amazing dinner, and fantastic dancing, she attempted to enter her Airbnb through the third-floor balcony,” her obituary said. “Tragically she slipped, fell, and died instantly.” Pearse worked at Massachusetts General Hospital and was pursuing a master’s in nursing at Simmons University, the obituary said. Pearse’s family called her a “light to every setting, sharing her passion for learning, nursing, and patient care with others.”