Taylor Force

Texan Taylor Force Killed by Terrorist in Israel

  • 3/9/2016
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    ​On Tuesday evening, a terrorist embarked on a stabbing attack at passersby at the entrance to Jaffa Port, just south of Tel Aviv. He proceeded along the Tel Aviv beach promenade, wounding 10 before he was killed by police. Taylor Force, a student at Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management in Nashville, Tennessee, was visiting Israel on a school-sponsored trip to see the country's growing startup scene. He was fatally wounded and died en route to hospital. 
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    Taylor Force was among those attacked by the terrorist. He was fatally wounded and died en route to hospital. ​
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    Force was visiting Israel on a school-sponsored trip to see the country's growing startup scene. 

    He was a Lubbock, Texas native, went to high school at New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell and was an Eagle Scout. At West Point Military Academy, he was a member of the ski team and received a bachelor's degree in engineering and industrial management, graduating in 2009. After deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan with the U.S. Army - Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation New Dawn (Iraq), and Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) - he enrolled last fall in Vanderbilt University's MBA program. He chose Vanderbilt because of its support for veterans, the diversity of students and the quality of education.​

    The Consulate General to the Southwest United States expresses our deepest condolences to the Force family. May his memory be a blessing.