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Seven Years Ago Feels Like Yesterday What were you doing on December 9th? While many of us were caught up in the hustle of the holiday season, Melissa McNeill was remembering a crash that 7 years ago snuffed out the life of her son, Marky...
“Ok, I’ll see you in a little bit…” That morning was no different than any other morning. The air was clear and crisp as I returned home from my overnight shift as a tow truck driver. When I got home my wife, Mandy was up...
Why We Walk: 10th Anniversary of Walk Like MADD The 2018 Walk Like MADD season was a milestone year! We celebrated 10 years of an event that has united people together to say enough is enough and remind them that they are not alone on...
Fourteen years ago, a drunk and drugged driving crash took the life of my 18-year-old son Dustin. At that point, I turned my grief into action, culminating with the National Presidency of Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Being the voice of our victims and traveling the...
Thirteen Minutes Changed So Much The crash put her in a coma for a month. When she woke up, her entire life was different. Krystal Foster got off work at the normal time: 10:30 PM. She was happy she didn’t have to stay late like...
She hadn’t trained for this. Sarah Rodriguez had had countless hours of physically exhaustive training during her years in the Texas National Guard. She had trained for combat. She had trained for anything and everything – at least she thought she had. But nothing had...