Seventeen-year-old Annika “Anni” Meier died Tuesday afternoon at her home after a long battle with brain cancer complications, surrounded by her parents and two brothers.
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On Wednesday, hundreds of Rockford High School students gathered to commemorate their classmate, wearing pink — Anni’s favorite color.
“She’s been a force for all of us. I think we’re all better people. Seeing her always be such a light through the hallways,” said Ricky Clark, Rockford High School principal. “She was a great reminder to all of us about how we can be better, how we can look out for those around us.”
Anni was first diagnosed with cancer in 2021 at age 11, when doctors found a cancerous tumor on her cerebellum. The cancer treatments led to devastating complications that left her a quadriplegic…