{"id":138,"date":"2019-03-01T17:41:55","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T17:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madd.org\/new-york\/?p=138"},"modified":"2022-05-25T06:04:28","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T06:04:28","slug":"karenholden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/new-york\/karenholden\/","title":{"rendered":"Karen Holden"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"138\" class=\"elementor elementor-138\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-576b8eb9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"576b8eb9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a574c04\" data-id=\"3a574c04\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-684d6a10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"684d6a10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cKaren Holden\u2019s time on this earth was cut short by a three-time, repeat offender of driving while intoxicated. The question that hasn\u2019t been answered, and probably will never be, is how could an individual with a criminal record of past DWI\u2019s be on the road putting innocent lives at risk? I\u2019m going to guess to say that just about all adults know the danger and risk of driving under the influence, yet, people continue to do it. So why is it that we are still seeing horrible, tragic stories in the media? Again, I\u2019m going to guess to say that I think people are in the mindset that this is not going to happen to me. Until Karen\u2019s death, I\u2019m ashamed to say, I was guilty of this kind of thinking. Not until now do I understand the irreversible impact on people\u2019s lives this crime leaves behind.<\/p>\n<p>When most people think of DWI, they think of being pulled over by the police, spending a night in jail, and standing in front of a judge. That\u2019s one scenario. There is another scenario that plays out as well; how about being under the influence while driving and instead of getting pulled over, you kill someone, or just as bad, injure someone? Think of the family you just destroyed. They have a lifetime of sadness, emptiness, hatred\u2026think about going to jail and all the lawsuits.<\/p>\n<p>Most people don\u2019t think of this terrible scenario, well guess what\u2026look around, there are way too many families living this nightmare. It is a sentence to a life of heartaches, sadness, and of missing our loved ones. It\u2019s not a scenario anymore, this is our reality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>-Bill Holden<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cKaren Holden\u2019s time on this earth was cut short by a three-time, repeat offender of driving while intoxicated. 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