Date:         Fri, 3 May 2002 00:32:50 -0400
Reply-To:     Stephen Steele <steeles@HORIZONVIEW.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stephen Steele <steeles@HORIZONVIEW.NET>
Subject:      FW: Tragedy at Van-Again
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>From: "Stephen  Steele" <steeles@horizonview.net>
>To: Kenneth Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
>Subject: Re: Tragedy at Van-Again
>Date: Fri, May 03, 2002, 12:32 AM
>

> Ken Wilford, et al:
>
> I have been away from things for a few days and upon returning and reading
> your post have added your request to my prayers.
>
> As a professional Firefighter and Paramedic I see a lot of what you have
> described in your posting to the List. The devastation of a high speed wreck
> is incredible. Especially when younger people are involved it is
> catastrophic to both the people in the vehicles and their loved ones.
>
> As the father of twin seventeen year old sons and two older sons who have
> made it into their twenties ( MY GOD...AM I THAT OLD?), I can attest to the
> trepidation that most parents feel when their kids don't show up at the
> appointed time and place. It doesn't take drugs or alcohol to cause  a major
> wreck...just a few quick wrong decisions and our lives are changed forever.
>
> For those of you who have influence on the teens in your lives...
> be sure to emphasize to them the importance of driver safety  in the
> upcoming  prom and summer driving season.
>
> Just mh2cw.
>
> --
> Stephen
> Chillicothe OH