Drunk Driving Victim Stories - MADD https://madd.org/category/victim-stories/ Mothers Against Drunk Driving Thu, 14 Nov 2024 17:28:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://madd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/browswer-tab-triangle.png Drunk Driving Victim Stories - MADD https://madd.org/category/victim-stories/ 32 32 My Family Was Killed by a Drunk Driver. I’m Fighting So This Won’t Happen to Others. https://madd.org/my-family-was-killed-by-a-drunk-driver-im-fighting-so-this-wont-happen-to-others/ Mon, 06 Nov 2023 14:35:44 +0000 https://madd.org/?p=127363 January 6, 2019 was the worst day of my life. It was the day I lost my family. And it happened in the most horrific of ways. My sister Rima,… Continue reading My Family Was Killed by a Drunk Driver. I’m Fighting So This Won’t Happen to Others.

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]]> Voices of Victims: Ryan Nealon https://madd.org/voices-of-victims-ryan-nealon/ Thu, 06 May 2021 14:35:20 +0000 https://www.madd.org/?p=119140 I remember my mother in fragments. I know that her name was Terri and that she was 44 when I was born. I know that we lived in a one-bedroom… Continue reading Voices of Victims: Ryan Nealon

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]]> Voices of Victims: Michelle Ramsey Hawkins https://madd.org/voices-of-victims-michelle-ramsey-hawkins/ Mon, 19 Apr 2021 17:14:03 +0000 https://www.madd.org/?p=118923 Two drunk drivers changed my family’s life forever. On April 10, 2016, my three children, 15-year-old Kaylee, 6-year-old Khaiden, 4-year-old Samuel, and I went to a housewarming party for Khaiden’s… Continue reading Voices of Victims: Michelle Ramsey Hawkins

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]]> Voices of Victims: Erin Rollins https://madd.org/voices-of-victims-erin-rollins/ Thu, 23 Apr 2020 01:06:51 +0000 https://www.madd.org/?p=97923 By Erin Rollins For 10 days, faith had sustained me. It had sustained me through the excruciating pain and panic of an ambulance ride. It had sustained me as a… Continue reading Voices of Victims: Erin Rollins

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]]> Voices of Victims: Rachel Colleen Foster https://madd.org/voices-of-victims-rachel-colleen-foster/ Tue, 21 Apr 2020 19:32:39 +0000 https://www.madd.org/?p=97245 By Delia Foster The spring of 2016 bloomed with promise. My husband and I were the proud parents of five grown children who had found their way in the world.… Continue reading Voices of Victims: Rachel Colleen Foster

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]]> Voices of Victims: The McConnell Family https://madd.org/why-we-walk-the-mcconnell-family/ Wed, 01 Apr 2020 15:45:24 +0000 https://www.madd.org/?p=96959 By Patricia Voelker They smile with the sun in their faces in that final group photograph. My grandson, Kelly McConnell, is at the center, bearded and broad-shouldered and handsome in… Continue reading Voices of Victims: The McConnell Family

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]]> Voice of Victims: Jessica Percell https://madd.org/voice-of-victims-jessica-percell/ Fri, 28 Feb 2020 00:00:32 +0000 https://www.madd.org/?p=96612 Submitted by Jessica’s mother, Susan Cannon From the time Jessica was born she was such a joy. She had a beautiful smile and beautiful brown eyes. She had the best… Continue reading Voice of Victims: Jessica Percell

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]]> Voice of Victims: Cherry Chalker https://madd.org/voice-of-victims-cherry-chalker/ Fri, 31 Jan 2020 14:10:18 +0000 https://www.madd.org/?p=81214 Five seconds. Your life can be forever changed in as little as five seconds. Shattered…and no matter how hard you try, you can’t put the pieces back together in the… Continue reading Voice of Victims: Cherry Chalker

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]]> Voice of Victims: Rick Thompson https://madd.org/voice-of-victims-rick-thompson/ Fri, 13 Dec 2019 16:20:00 +0000 https://www.madd.org/?p=58056 Last month, MADD featured Ohio mechanic and businessman Daniel Toops. Click here to read Toops’ story. On Nov. 28, 2013, Toops died in a drunk driving crash. Four other people were… Continue reading Voice of Victims: Rick Thompson

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]]> Voice of Victims: Daniel Toops https://madd.org/voice-of-victims-daniel-toops/ https://madd.org/voice-of-victims-daniel-toops/#respond Mon, 25 Nov 2019 00:00:05 +0000 https://www.madd.org/?p=36179 Daniel was a sweet and compassionate man. He was known for working on trucks, for his natural talent and his skills that grew larger than he could imagine. He was… Continue reading Voice of Victims: Daniel Toops

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