Drinking and Driving - Jacqueline Saburido
by Liv | Published on March 18th, 2006, 3:43 pm | Life
Drinking and Driving - Jacqueline Saburido
With March Madness in full swing, and local streets are filled with tipsy sports fans, I'm reminded by a recent email on the consequences of drinking and driving. I myself have been known to do stupid thing, and thankfully I'm still alive, but sometimes we need a reminder of what happens to the innocent, or to those that do not die in a drinking related fatality. This is a personal issue to me since, practically everyone in my family seems to have difficulties with alcohol. While I have many vices, I am lucky to have not alcohol be one of them.
This is Jacqueline Saburido on September 19, 1999.
This is her and her Father, 1998.
This is her on Vacation in Venezuela.
Birthday party as a child.
At a party with friends.
The car in which Jacqueline traveled. She was hit by another car that was driven by a 17-year old male student on his way home after drinking a couple of hard packs with his friends. This was in December 1999.
After the accident Jacqueline has needed over 40 operations.
Jacqueline was caught in the burning car and her body was heavily burnt during around 45 seconds.
With her Father, 2000.
Getting treatment.
Three months after accident.
Without a left eyelid Jacquie needs eye drops to keep her vision.
Now 20 year old, he cannot forgive himself for driving drunk on that night three years ago. He's aware of devastating Jacqueline Saburidos life.
Not everyone who gets hit with a car dies. This picture was taken 4 years after the accident and the doctors are still working on Jacqueline, whose body was covered with 60% severe burns. It's ironic that the drunk driver came out of this accident with hardly a scratch, but he ruined his friends life.
http://www.helpjacqui.com