Victim Care Every day someone’s worst nightmare comes true… Their lives suffer injury and loss in ways they never imagined. And every day MADD is here to help. Here, you can explore the resources we provide to help victims and survivors. And you can learn how you can help them, too. MADD services help victims… Continue reading Victim Care
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We will always remember your names: MADD honors victims and survivors of deadliest drunk driving crash
Less than 100 miles from my home in Lexington, Kentucky, a simple green sign marks the site of the deadliest drunk driving crash in U.S. history. On May 14, 1988, a wrong-way driver with a blood alcohol concentration three times today’s legal limit crashed head-on into a bus carrying 67 people home from a day… Continue reading We will always remember your names: MADD honors victims and survivors of deadliest drunk driving crash
Voices of Victims: Ryan Nealon
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 apartment in San Diego, just the two of us and our cat. I know we didn’t have a lot of money, so it wasn’t an… Continue reading Voices of Victims: Ryan Nealon
For victims of crime, there may never be ‘getting back to normal’
Millions of Americans are affected by crime every year, their lives forever altered by a specific moment in time, and for most, things will never be the same again. I don’t believe that there is any “getting back to normal” after such an experience, what’s normal is all new. There is a lot of discussion… Continue reading For victims of crime, there may never be ‘getting back to normal’
National Crime Victims’ Rights Week: Judges, Prosecutors Must Recognize Drunk and Drugged Driving as Violent Crimes
Only 8 states have laws that both protect the rights of victims of fatal drunk driving crashes and ensure jail time for offenders WASHINGTON — In January 2019, a judge in Idaho sentenced a man who had a blood alcohol concentration nearly three times the legal limit when he struck and killed a woman crossing… Continue reading National Crime Victims’ Rights Week: Judges, Prosecutors Must Recognize Drunk and Drugged Driving as Violent Crimes
Voices of Victims: Walter Reyes
By Jenny Reyes For the last five years of his life, my father, Walter Reyes, rose at 4 a.m. each day to cycle a popular route that connects our home in Miami to the Florida Keys. He’d be back by 6, in time to say good morning and get ready for his job as an… Continue reading Voices of Victims: Walter Reyes
Voices of Victims: Andrew Brian Miller
An Amazing Man Andrew was a devoted son, a great friend, a terrific uncle, and a loving boyfriend. He worked hard for everything. He funded himself through Penn State, bought his own vehicle, and got his own apartment. On October 27th, 2015, Andrew was killed in a hit and run crash. He was never able… Continue reading Voices of Victims: Andrew Brian Miller
Honoring the 67 Victims of the Deadliest Drunk Driving Crash in U.S. History
On May 14, 1988, a school bus carrying 67 people, nearly all of them children, was returning to Radcliff, Ky. from a church youth group field trip to an amusement park. While they were driving through Carroll County, Ky., a drunk driver driving on the wrong side of the road crashed into the bus head-on,… Continue reading Honoring the 67 Victims of the Deadliest Drunk Driving Crash in U.S. History
MADD Elects Drunk & Drugged Driving Victim as New National President
IRVING, TX — Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) announces its new National President, Helen Witty, effective Jan. 1, 2019. Witty joined MADD in 2000 after her 16-year-old daughter, Helen Marie, was killed by a drunk and drugged driver while rollerblading on a designated bike path near the family’s home in Miami on a clear June… Continue reading MADD Elects Drunk & Drugged Driving Victim as New National President
MADD Releases new PSA featuring injured victim during Crime Victims’ Rights Week
Contact: Fatima Ali, 972-489-3713, [email protected] Victims requested to share their story on social media using #MyDrunkDrivingStory Dallas, Texas (April 11, 2018) – For Crime Victims’ Rights Week (April 8 to 14, 2018) this year, MADD is releasing a new public service announcement highlighting the devastating impact that drunk driving has on its victims. It features… Continue reading MADD Releases new PSA featuring injured victim during Crime Victims’ Rights Week