Families of Drunk-Driving Victims to Gather for Candlelight Vigil
The 29th annual Hillsborough County Mothers Against Drunk Driving remembrance ceremony will take place Thursday, Dec. 6.
For most families, healing following the death of a loved one in a drunk-driving accident takes years. And even after the trial is over and the drunk driver is sitting behind bars, an overwhelming sense of loss lingers, according to Riverview resident and victim services specialist for the Hillsborough County chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Becky Gage. Gage speaks from experience. In I993, her 17 year-old son, Dennis, was injured and his girlfriend killed in a drunk-driving accident. Then, three years later, at the age of 20, her son once again was struck by drunk driver. This time he died. At the time of her son's death, Gage worked full time for a certified public accounting firm. "I wasn't sure how I'd get through it," she …
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12:25 pm on Wednesday, December 5, 2012
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