Quote # 2

Quote # 2:

“At 3 a.m., the two women finally left the club. Rasdall said they didn’t think twice about getting in the car. With Rasdall at the wheel, the nest friends began the 40-minue-drive home. And then, one mile from Laura’s dorm, it happened. The car drove off Interstate 275 and down a hill, crashing into a broad tree. Both women were wearing seat belts.” From: “Drunk Driving Crash Shattered Teen’s Life” By Alan Goldberg

Response:

Just reading this quote gives me chills. That night two young women made the choice to drive home after drinking. While they almost made it back to the dorm, they didn’t. Laura never would return. Part of this quote is in both of my papers for the shear weight it carries. Reading about one little trip home at 3 a.m. turned into a deadly nightmare in seconds. This quote jumped out at me because it led up into a terrifying quote from Jessica Rasdall herself about the night that she accidentally killed her best friend. It added a dynamic to my paper that helped to make things extremely real. I myself have never lost a friend or anyone close to me in an accident influenced by intoxicated driving, however my mother and her family has which makes this a scary thing. I cannot imagine receiving a phone call telling me that one of my friends has died in a drunk driving accident that they created. Its significance to me is the fact that Goldberg felt the need to add “both women were wearing seat belts.” While this was true, it goes to show that getting behind the wheel drunk is a dumb choice that even seatbelts cannot save you from. Her best friend died in the passenger seat of her car. She will forever carry with her the fact that if they had called a cab, they would be carrying out their lives together. Luckily it did inspire Jessica to become a speaker against drunk driving, but to see what provoked that speaking, I’m sure she would take it all back for a different decision that day.