A Real Story of a girl

This young lady was recently on Oprah and what a loving, forgiving young woman she is! An amazing story of what she has suffered and will bear the rest of her life. Please share this real story your friends and especially your teenagers who are driving.

Early on Sunday morning, September 18, 1999, Jacqueline Saburido, 20, and four friends were on their way home from a birthday party. Reggie Stephey, an 18-year-old star football player, was on his way home from drinking beer with some buddies. On a dark road on the outskirts of Austin, Texas, Reggie’s SUV veered into the Oldsmobile carrying Jacqui and the others. Two passengers in the car were killed at the scene and two were rescued. Within minutes, the car caught fire. Jacqui was pinned in the front seat on the passenger side. She was burned over 60% of her body; no one thought she could survive. But Jacqui lived. Her hands were so badly burned that her fingers had to be amputated. She lost her hair, her ears, her nose, her left eyelid and much of her vision. She has had more than 50 operations since the crash and has many more to go. In June 2001 Reggie Stephey was convicted of two counts of intoxication manslaughter for the deaths of Jacqui’s two friends. He was sentenced to seven years in prison and fined $20,000.

                                                                                                
                          This is Jacqueline Saburido on September 19, 1999.

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                                               This is she and her Father, 1998.

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                                               This is she on Vacation in Venezuela.

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                                                   Birthday party as a child .

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                                                         At a party with friends.

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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.

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        After the accident Jacqueline has needed over 40 operations.

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Jacqueline was caught in the burning car and her body was heavily burnt during around 45 seconds.

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                                                    With her Father, 2000.

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                                                    Getting treatment.

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                                           Three months after accident.

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          Without a left eyelid Jacquie needs eye drops to keep her vision.

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 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.

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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 burnings.

Please send this page to as many people as you can to make them aware of the consequences of drink driving.

SHOW YOUR TEENAGERS THE IMPORTANCE OF NOT DRINKING AND DRIVING IT COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH OR SOMETHING WORSE
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PLEASE EMAIL THIS PICTURE TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW
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Drunk driving is the most frequently committed violent crime in our nation, and Texas leads the nation in alcohol-related traffic deaths. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1,745 people were killed in alcohol-related crashes in Texas in 2002. The Department of Public Safety reports that alcohol-related crashes caused 25,142 injuries in 2001, and arrests in Texas for driving while intoxicated top 96,000 annually. Young adults between the ages of 21 and 34 are more likely to be in drunk driving crashes or to be arrested for driving while intoxicated than those in other age groups. Underage drinking is a serious problem. Alcohol was involved in 25,490 crashes in 2001 and took the lives of 303 young people between the ages of 15 and 24 years old.

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