Rachel Aliene Corrie (April 10, 1979 - March 16, 2003) was an American member of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM). She was crushed to death in the Gaza Strip by an Israel Defence Forces (IDF) bulldozer when she was kneeling in front of a local Palestinian (Palestinian people)s home, thus acting as a human shield, attempting to prevent IDF forces from demolishing the home (House demolition in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict). The IDF has claimed that the death was due to the restricted angle of view of the IDF Caterpillar D9 bulldozer driver, while ISM eyewitnesses said "there was nothing to obscure the drivers view." A student at the Evergreen State College, she had taken a year off and traveled to the Gaza Strip during the Second Intifada.