Megan Gustafson
WR 121-001
November 8, 2013
Max Rubin
Alcohol
Molly McCarter was one of biggest role models growing up. She was on Columbia County Rodeo Court, Scappoose Sauerkraut Festival Queen and still managed to have time to hang out with her friends and do well in school. Five years ago on July 15, 2008 she died at the age of 17. She died in a car accident in which she was the passenger. Molly and the driver, who was under the influence of alcohol, were driving home from a party on Honeyman Road in Scappoose, Oregon when the driver veered off the road, hitting a tree on Molly's side of the car and killing her instantly. I still remember the day it happened.
Tragedy struck again on October 20, 2012 my friends' dad, Nathan, decided to go out drinking. He was out for a while, but still thought he was sober enough to drive home.
English: Scappoose, Oregon
Nathan Fillion @ the Flanvention
Someone using a breathalyzerWhile on his way home, driving on highway 30 between Deer Island and Rainier he decided he was going to try and pass the car in front of him. He did not realize as he attempted to pass that there was a car coming toward him; Nathan and the other car crashed head on. Nathan was life flighted to the hospital, which is where we were told that he was either going to die or remain a "vegetable" for the rest of his life. Nathan has surpassed everything we were told and has gotten most of his memory back, as well as his motor skills, allowing him to speak and write. Even though he is doing so well, he continues to live in a rehabilitation assisted living home and will continue to live there for at least another 6 months.
Another not so severe...