She was a 15-year-old freshman attending Glenelg High School in Howard County who was cyberbullied by her bully for months before committing suicide . McComas' bully supposedly lived next door to her and this family of boys had been their friends for years. She had been raped by her bully and he then began the harassment by tweeting things like "I hate, I hate, I hate you. Next time my name rolls off your tongue, choke on it...and DIE" , who was not identified and never confirmed who the person was. was. She had been neglected by the authorities and the school because they had done nothing to help the family and, to put it simply, the McComas had been betrayed by their community. She had been asked several times to report bullying, but never did so because she was afraid of reprisals. After Grace's death, her fellow students began banding together and started an anti-bullying campaign on Twitter known as #blue4grace, which had brought together a strong community to support Grace's family and anyone in need . Howard High School students also worked in schools to create a community based on respect to speak out and stop bullying. Then the state of Maryland passed the Grace Act, which went into effect in its 24 districts, stipulating that the use of a media device to intimidate. impose death