I'm 22 year old Belarusian girl and I know who Samantha Smith is. I knew about her when I was a child, I found an old magazine dated, as I'm not mistaken, 1990 or smth. like that. I've never heard even the name of Samantha before, but I really was petrified, shocked with her story, her journey to USSR and especially ARTEK, and I remember that I can't stop crying...
Samantha is my hero. I'm really really really glad to see the photo of this brave girl here and I'm proud of being aware of her story.
..While writing this I've recollected that a diamond has been named after Samantha..
She herself was a real diamond.