please dont drink & drive

Home City: Galesburg, IL Age: 22 Crash Anniversary: May 2, 2005 Jimmy was an outgoing, friendly and enthusiastic person. On May 1, 2005 Jimmy's daughter was born. Excited that his daughter and best friend now shared the same birthday, he decided to go out and celebrate his daughter's birth and his best friend's birthday. At the bar he was drinking with friends and telling them that he was a new daddy and this was the last time he would be out and about like this. On the way back to the hospital his best friend was driving too fast and the car crashed, killing Jimmy immediately. He was thrown from the car and died on impact. Jimmy now is a father never known and a man never forgotten.Home City: Wakefield, LA Age: 16 Crash Anniversary: July 8, 2006 Christina was killed in a one-car crash, driven by an older friend who purchased and provided alcohol to herself and my daughter, then took her out-of-parish against my wishes.Home City: Metter, GA Age: 14 Crash Anniversary: November 17, 2002 My daughter Stephanie was killed in a car accident .The driver of the truck she was in lost control while driving in the excess of 80 mph and failed to stop at a stop sign, crossed the highway and struck 4 trees while spinning out of control. She was sitting in the back seat and the bed of the truck bowed in the middle, causing her neck to break and cutting her jugular vein. She died instantly.She should have not been out at that time of the morning in the first place, but most of all her precious life should not have been taken. She was only 14 years old. She was in her first year of high school, was a JV cheerleader, and in the performing arts. She was also in beauty pageants.Stephanie was loved by everyone that knew her. I have 3 other daughters but I miss my little girl so very much. I have moved out of the town we were living in because she was killed about a mile from my parents house. The memories are too much for me and my children to handle. My 16 year old is really having a hard time dealing with her sisters loss, they had classes together and they were also best friends.My daughters are very close. I have to be strong for them but inside I'm dying. I hope that my daughter's loss can turn around another child from doing what she did. She was taught better than to get in a vehicle with someone that had been drinking, but teenagers don't seem to have any fear.The person driving the truck was 21 years old, he is being charged with voluntary manslaughter, DUI, and faliure to stop at a stop sign. We do not have a court date yet -- I just pray he won't be allowed to drive for a very, very long time. I feel like he should have to do some time in prison also. My little girl will never be able to graduate from high school, get married or even have children. How should he be able to live a normal life after taking my daughter's life?Home City: Willis, TX Age: 19 Crash Anniversary: May 28, 2004 Bradley! I'd say was the most important man in my life. (other than my dad!) He was funny, handsome, perfect. I could go on forever. I met him when I was 10 years old I'm now 18. From the day I met him I just knew that we would be together forever and so did he. Although we did have our ups and downs through the years we were able to overcome that. We made it final in 2002 by 2003 we were engaged. We were never away from each other but for maybe a few hours during the day. Other than that we were never apart. I thought we would be together forever. Not only was he important to me he was like a son that my parents never had, a brother that my sister never had. My nephews absolutely adored him. They thought he was just invincible. Until one day when we had found out that he had been in a crash, with our BEST FRIEND DRIVING DRUNK. It was very hard for me to understand what was going on. Even though I'm 18 it just seemed so hard to understand WHY. I guess we never will. He was in shock trauma for 4 days then died. I miss him very dearly. He has left me with spectacular memories and thoughts that will never ever be taken away from me. I will always love him with all my heart.Home City: Park Hall, MD Age: 1 Crash Anniversary: June 30, 1991 Shortly after my sister's 1st birthday she underwent major cranial surgery and, life for her was day to day. Late June 29, 1991 my mother took her out for a drive to get her to sleep when a drunk, with several previous DWI's, fell asleep and barrelled into the station wagon. My mother was taken by ambulance, while my sister was life-lighted to the children's hospital. My father got the call and rushed to the hospital where he met the ambulance, expecting to see two people where there was one. Later as we waited, the phone rang, my mother rushed to it. She dropped the phone, at six my family and I lost our angel, Nif. She lived a happy life and struggled through so much before her second chance was taken. All who met her loved her and felt sorrow at her passing. An angel in life and death, she now has a little brother to look over. Her smile lit up our lives, her laughter still echoes in our hearts.Home City: Baltimore, MD Age: 23 Crash Anniversary: April 27, 2005 David was coming home from a bar with a couple of friends. He was in the passanger seat. His friend lost control of the car and ran off the highway. The car hit a boulder, and went airborn and went backwards upside down. David was ejected from the car and died immediately. The car from there hit a guardrail and took out a lightpole and landed on the roof. The other two people lived with some serious injuries. The crash is still being investigated.David will be missed by so many. He touched so many hearts. He was my pride and joy. He lived his life to the fullest. He always had fun. He had a sister (me) who is older and a brother who is younger. Our lives will never be the same without him.RIP David Bedsworth Jr.Home City: Oxford, AL Age: 2 Crash Anniversary: June 26, 2003 We lost our 2 year-old son and my father in the same tragedy. My father had walked with my baby on his shoulders to a nearby store 2 blocks away. They had crossed the intersection, went into the store and left, going back across the road to a Sonic to get the baby a happy meal for dinner. They crossed through the first lane and stopped in the median waiting for the second light to change. The light changed and they crossed the first lane and as they went through the second lane the offender ran the light and hit them. Killed them both. My father died instantly. The baby lived a few minutes, and then passed on. Our loss was due to a twenty year-old drunk driver.Early on Sunday morning, September 18, 1999, Jacqueline Saburido, 20, and four friends were on their way home from a birthday party. Reggie Stephey, an 18-year-old star football player, was on his way home from drinking beer with some buddies. On a dark road on the outskirts of Austin, Texas, Reggie’s SUV veered into the Oldsmobile carrying Jacqui and the others. Two passengers in the car were killed at the scene and two were rescued. Within minutes, the car caught fire. Jacqui was pinned in the front seat on the passenger side. She was burned over 60% of her body; no one thought she could survive. But Jacqui lived. Her hands were so badly burned that her fingers had to be amputated. She lost her hair, her ears, her nose, her left eyelid and much of her vision. She has had more than 50 operations since the crash and has many more to go.In June 2001 Reggie Stephey was convicted of two counts of intoxication manslaughter for the deaths of Jacqui’s two friends. He was sentenced to seven years in prison and fined $20,000.