March 24, 2009
Richard Powell crashed into a car carrying Joel Rivas, his son Nicandro, and his three daughters, Karen, Elina and Nancy. Karen and Elina, 15 and 16 years old were pregnant.
Read the news story.
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Showing posts with label Families. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Families Rememeber Those Killed By Drunk Drivers
The grief of losing a child is overwhelming. Parents are never the same. They never recover. The pain is always there.
Losing a child to a drunk driver is a whole new level of pain and grief.
Each year, dozens of mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, husbands and wives, all join together, holding hands and holding candles as they remember those lost to drunk driving.
Temple Terrance United Methodist Church has held a candlelight vigil each year for the past 25 years to remember those lost at the hands of a drunk driver.
Read the rest of the article and watch the video:
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Griffin-Burkman Memorial
This mosaic was created by DUI Victims Voice (using photos from Flickr.com) in memory of Bethany Griffan-Burkman and her children who were killed by a drunk driver.
From Bethany's friend Nancy:
Bethany and I have been Gymboree fanatics and loopies on Yahoo for years. She was a spirited and spiritual women who loved her family. She was very articulate and even though we had different views on politics at times I always respected her and was impressed how how open she was to debating subjects she believed in. Drunk driving affects everyone. I hope that this can help someone. I haven't been able to stop thinking about them since I heard about it yesterday. What a tragedy, what a loss. I prayer for both the families.
Killed at the scene of the crash were Bethany Griffin, 36; her children Lacie Burkman, 7; Haley Burkman, 10; and 2-month-old Vadi Griffin, all of Parkville, Md.; and her stepdaughter Jordan Griffin, 10, of Redford Township.
For more on Bethany and Dan's family and to help with donations visit the My Space page set up by her family.
www.myspace.com/bhjlv
From Bethany's friend Nancy:
Bethany and I have been Gymboree fanatics and loopies on Yahoo for years. She was a spirited and spiritual women who loved her family. She was very articulate and even though we had different views on politics at times I always respected her and was impressed how how open she was to debating subjects she believed in. Drunk driving affects everyone. I hope that this can help someone. I haven't been able to stop thinking about them since I heard about it yesterday. What a tragedy, what a loss. I prayer for both the families.
Killed at the scene of the crash were Bethany Griffin, 36; her children Lacie Burkman, 7; Haley Burkman, 10; and 2-month-old Vadi Griffin, all of Parkville, Md.; and her stepdaughter Jordan Griffin, 10, of Redford Township.
For more on Bethany and Dan's family and to help with donations visit the My Space page set up by her family.
www.myspace.com/bhjlv
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