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Drunk Driving Victim's Memorial

Alcohol impaired drivers kill many thousands of people in the US each year and thousands more world-wide. Despite a multitude of laws passed and millions of dollars spent on education and law enforcement, the problem stubbornly persists.

We created this memorial to put a face on the problem. It's one thing to hear statistics about people dying; it's quite another to see the actual faces of some of the many victims and read their heartfelt stories.

We hope that it will drive the point home to those who might otherwise drink and drive. Scroll down past the form to see what others have shared.

Did You Lose a Loved One in a Drunk Driving Accident?

Let the world know what happened by sharing their story. In the form below, please tell us about your loved one(s) and the alcohol-related accident in which they were victimized.

Here are some brief guidelines for your submission:

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  • Include their name, age, home city, state and country
  • Include specific details of the accident
  • Send a picture of your loved one or of the accident scene
  • Format your text so it's easy to read

Please don't...

  • Include the drunk driver's name (liability issues)
  • Include any profanity
  • Use all capital letters (hard to read)

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By sharing your story, others may come to understand the enormous consequences of drinking and driving.

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What Other Visitors Have Shared

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Amy's dad  For the last several years I have waited up at night until all of my family was safe at home and in bed. Amy was 18. She was spending the night at her ...

The Christmas Eve that changed our lives  My sister loved Christmas! So much so that she just HAD to go to WalMart for some last minute Christmas items on December 24th, 1987, even though she was ...

Not only is my brother dead, my family is suffering in the worst way.  My younger brother, Anthony Kraus, was pronounced dead at 2:30 in the morning on September 2nd, 2007. The driver of the vehicle, his on again off again ...

IF ONLY YOU DID DIDNT DRINK.. U KILLED MY MOM AND DAD!!  i was six years old my parents and i went to montana to see my family. my parents got married a week or two just before we went on are trip. we were ...

My uncle was killed by a drunk driver WE LOVE YOU  On August 5th 2007 my uncle Brian Hruska was on his way to work in Kansas. It was like any other sunday they were just driving and talking when a drunk ...

A tradgic day...  it was two years ago to this day. A person I babysat for had to go to a wedding. of course she took her two girls and her husband. on the way home a truck ...

Rest In Peace- My Daddy & My little Brother  On Friday September 28,2007 My father Paul A. Laukaitis Sr. and My brother Paul A. Laukaitis Jr. were killed by a drunk driver. They were on their way ...

DONT DRINK AND RIDE, IT'S DEADLY  THE DEATH OF DAVID WEST JAN 14, 2006
IT STARTED OFF AS ANY NORMAL FRIDAY. CHAD AND KYLE DAVID'...

Only the Good Die Young  Alexander Conlon was your typical standout freshmen. He was gorgeous, popular, hung out with the older crowd, had a loving mother, was an amazing football ...

DRINKING AND DRIVING KILLS PEOPLE  On January 10, 2007 my brother was killed in a drunk driving accident. The driver of the truck my brother was in was two times over the limit. Because ...

Two Year Old Child Orphaned by Drunk Driver  On 2/10/06 at 6:50 pm, life as I knew it, stopped. My life was changed forever. My daughter Heather Nichole Clapper along with her boyfriend Oscar Hernandez ...

St. Patricks Day Fatality  On St. Patricks day 2007 at 10:13am my mom, sister and sisters boyfriend were on there way back from breakfast From Sullivan Wisconsin and were hit by ...

February 14, 1989 - July 14, 2007  Amy Danielle Cason was born on Valentine's Day 1989. She was appropriately nicknamed "Valentine" by her maternal grandfather. Appropriately named becuase ...

My Dad watched his twin die  I was only 9 years old when it happened but I remember that night very well as I was very very close to my Uncle Snork, my dad's older twin brother (older ...

My Granpa was hit!!!  My grandpa one day was walking home from his job and a drunk driver ran a red light and hit him 267 feet down the road and he died.

I will never know my parents  On December 7th 1986 my parents went to a party and decided to get drunk... and then drive home... Well it impaired their decision making because my dad ...

a friend like a brother gone in a flash.....i still love you!  It was right before thanksgiving over a year ago when my sister called me with the heartbreaking news that a best friend of mine was in the hospital in ...

my husband, my best friend  How do I start this. On Monday night November 4, 2003 i went to work as usual. I left the house at 9pm. My husband, Keith Ferguson, was laying ...

My Everything, My Best Friedn, My betterhalf, My husband.  Hello World,

I’ve been missing someone whom was my better half, please forgive me for speaking out loud but, I have something I need to say.

It was ...

Thanksgiving not so thankful  Dylan Lee was a vibrant 6 year old in first grade, in november of 2003 he was taken when the truck he was riding in was driven by a drunk driver. it went ...

i wish it didnt have to happen.....  my boyfriend, Miles,was killed my his brother, caused by drinking and driving..he was 15, lived in king lake, nebraska

it was around 1:30 am on March ...

a girl of constant sunshine  Childhood Friends: They were home for Spring Break from WVU in my town back home in West Virginia. They had been drinking and of course they were the best ...

Parents' Lament  A Christmas party; people meeting people for the first time. A quick run to a store before the party really starts; but wait, the driver (a stranger to ...

Think about it......Is a social/drinking hour worth a life?  My uncle was hit by a drunk driver at an intersection in MN and luckily lived. He is now paralized from his neck down and is treated like a giant baby....

She did not deserve to die!  When I was 12 years old me and my best friend were going on a bike ride and gonna stop at the icecream shop to get icecream.We were half way there when ...

We Miss You Roo!  On August 14, 2006 one of my best friends,Heidi was out cruising around town, she just having a good time. when the next thing you know she's gone. She ...

dont lose someone you love to drunk driving!   HIs name was Adam Jordan, he was 22 and our home city is Bend Oregon. It was a saturday night when he decided to leave our house, we all tried to have ...

The story of his lfe  I WAS 15 YEARS OLD AND I KNEW ALEX FOR 10 YEARS AS WE GOT OLDER WE BECAME CLOSER AND CLOSER, UNTIL ONE DAY WE JUST STARTED DATING. THINGS WENT GREAT FOR ...

bri  sad.

Yes It Can Happen to You!  This page was very difficult for me to add, but as Dustin and Tiffany's Mom, I do so want this message to get out to all kids and adults. YES, IT CAN HAPPEN ...

The RP-3  On december 12th 2007, 3 reeths puffer students were hit by a gas tanker, the driver was drunk and he was the only one that survived. Terry Ripley, Shawn ...

Ricci Branca  We all ride bikes and in the summer time are always riding them into ocean city across the longport bridge. Until one night when all was changed, a man ...

David Loring killed, 3 friends critically injured in drunk driving accident, Best friend charged Homicide  David Robyn Loring, born to Lisa Loring on May 27th, 1990 passed from his earthly body on Nov. 3, 2007 after a motor vehicle accident in Kenosha County....

A Sad Graduation  May 20,2006 was the day of graduation at West Central High School in Hartford, SD. It was supposed to be a time of celebrating new beginnings, instead ...

gOOdbYe My LuV (oNLy tHe GooD diE yOuNg)  Bryan Harper was every parents dream. He was a 17yr old star athlete and honor student. He had received a football scholarship to play at Rutgers University ...

THIS IS IN MEMORY OF YOU  This is a story about a good friend of my brothers and other friends that came to this high school before me and its not exactly detailed but its said ...

drinking and driving  My grandmother was killed in 2001 due to a drunk driver. She got in the car and next think you know she is gone in a flash! We miss her very much and it ...

Just bad luck ...   when my mum was about 31 she was carring my older sister ... my dad had been drinking that day and got into an argument with my mum ... everything span ...