On Couple remains hospitalized after getting hit by drunken driver
Posted on July 21 at 8:52 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
I know the family of the driver very well. This is a family who has taught their children good values. The driver is also a Marine Corps Veteran. He's not someone who would harm or injure anyone except in the line of duty. He's a good kid who obviously made a bad choice. Haven't we all done this at one time or another? Ok, not to this extreme, but we have all made bad choices at one time or another.
Peacegirl, he doesn't need to be driven to Froedtert to see what he has done. He was THERE when it happened. From what I have hear from one of the people there, HE was the one who kept anyone from harming her further by not allowing anyone to touch or move her until the paramedics arrived.
I have no idea what this whole tunnel conversationis about, but to me, it sounds like something that is needed in the area. One of my sons other friends attended Whitewater and knows the are well. MANY people walk out in the road ALL THE TIME, and the area is not well lit. It sounds like this could have happened without alcohol being involved at all.
My prayers are with BOTH families as I know the drivers family is going through a rough time as well knowing what their son has done and trying to come to terms with it.
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On Couple remains hospitalized after getting hit by drunken driver
Posted on July 25 at 10:51 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
MMM1710
No one is saying the man should not be held accountable. I believe 100% he needs to pay for what he did. All I am saying is this is not someone who does this all the time. Not that it makes it any less of a horrible thing, jsut know this isn't something he does all the time. As we all know, it only takes once for something bad to happen.
One thing that really is annoying though is that people keep going back to the parents. They should have taught him this, they must not have done that, I'm sure they let him do this. The guy is an ADULT. One day, when you have children in the pre teen to young adult age, you'll understand why this is so frustrating to hear over and over. No matter the amount of teaching, preaching, instilling, etc. we do with our children, they dont always listen. Oh, they hear it, but it makes a pit stop in the brain for about 5 seconds, and then once something happens, it is recalled. Until then it is ignore, disregarded, thought it is stupid idea, or it doesn't apply to them.
M prayers are still out there for both families as well as the driver. You may not want to think or believe it, but he is devasted by what he has done. Not because of the legal troubles he now has, but because he lives each and every day knowing what he has done to these people. He knows he has to pay for what he has don but he also knows that night wil play over and over in his mind forever.