One day one of my friends was driving home one Friday night with some of his friends and it was hailing really bad. When he came around this really big sharp curve, they wrecked and they hit a tree. Somebody tried to help him so he would not die but after somebody pulled him out, he died. Yes, everybody misses him but he will always be in our hearts from now until forever. Stevie was really special to all of us and he will always be in our hearts. I miss seeing him in 4th block and hearing all of his stories and seeing all of his smiles. He was a really cool friend to me and to everybody else. I have known him ever since he was 11 or 10 years old and he would have gotten to graduate May of 2003 but he did not get to. We all still cry over him every night and day. We all miss him very much it is not the same around here at school or at home or anywhere else.
Thank you for reading my story
- Riki (TN)
When I was in high school, more than a few years ago, I went to work and my supervisor didn’t show up. She was a year older than me and we had a lot of good times on the job. We had argued the day before and I didn’t get a chance to apologize for it. Her and four other people were coming into town from Floresville, and got into a bad wreck. They said she wasn’t drunk, but the rest of them were. She was in the back seat — none of them had seat belts on — and when the car flipped over on the open road because the driver was too drunk to react to a simple turn in the road, she was thrown out of the window and killed.
Now four people that were in the car have to live with that for the rest of their lives, knowing that if they had been responsible and not driven under the influence, she might be here today.
As for me, the next day I went out to the location of the accident with a few friends, and I got to apologize to all that was left of her. But now 15 years later I still remember that and don’t even think about driving after drinking. I gave up drinking altogether, because it only hurts you or someone you love.
Every time I get in my car and buckle my seat belt, making sure everyone in the car has theirs on before I drive away, there is one thing on my mind so vivid I had to tell you about: the red spot on the road.
Please don’t take that chance.
- Neal (San Antonio, TX)
About three years ago, my sister and I were involved in a serious car wreck. We were on our way home from Calallen, which is just outside of Corpus Christi; we would have dance practice with this lady from there, but she wasn’t home that day. On our way home, we came to a four way stop, my sister turned when she didn’t have the right of way and a truck rammed straight into her side and pushed her on top of me. The truck pushed us all the way off the road into a small ditch. I had to be taken by halo flight to the hospital because my heart wasn’t beating. They had to use the “jaws of life” to get my sister out of the car. Her pelvic bone had been shattered and she also broke a few bones in her left arm and ankle. Both sides of my jaw were broken, My spleen was ruptured, and a blood vessel on the right side of my head popped causing the whole left side of my body to go numb. I was in a coma for about 2 weeks, and my sister was in one for about 1 week. While in the hospital, my heart stopped beating two different times. My sister and I shouldn’t be alive; it’s a miracle that we are, and I thank God that we are every day. Not everybody gets away with “careless” driving like we did, and that’s a lot of the reason why I chose to get involved with this organization. I really believe that if enough people, especially teens, know about the dangers of driving recklessly they’ll start to drive safer.
- MG (San Antonio, TX)
It has been over 11 years since the day my best friend was involved in a very bad car crash. I remember him not showing up in the morning to class. I remember the announcement to teachers to not count students late due the closure of the road leading to the school due to a very serious crash. While I had put things together in my head, it wasn’t until lunch that I had found out for sure that my friend was in the crash. He had suffered several internal injuries and it was unknown if he would make it through the night. I can remember as if it were yesterday the cold, shaking feeling that came over me, the fear, the worrying, the anger. My parents went that night to check in on him in the hospital (I was not old enough to go to the ICU). They told me it looked like his parents aged 10 years in a day. The next morning came and we found out not only that he had made it, but was improving…it looked like he was going to be okay. People at school who barely knew him were coming up to me to ask about how he was doing.. all were generally concerned… all had this expression on their face that said, “That could have been me.” Years have now passed and my friend recovered and graduated and went on to college. Later he got married. He was lucky. But to this day every time I pass the spot where the crash occurred I think about it and I think that it could have turned out another way.
- MJ (San Antonio, TX)