What’s worse than being dead? Suffering from traumatic paralysis and being a prisoner in your own body. According to a study initiated by the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, there are nearly 1 in 50 people living with paralysis — approximately 6 million people. That’s the same number of people as the combined populations of…
A tragic accident occurred in Woodbridge, Virginia (VA). A woman named Sally Ann Okuly (named in opposingviews.com article) was crossing the street (with the light giving her the right of way) when she was hit by a car. Mrs. Okuly, a cancer survivor and survivor of a major motorcycle accident, was going out to get coffee at her local WaWa when…
A common quote for mothers-to-be is, “I don’t care if it’s a boy or a girl as long as it has all of its fingers and toes.” Even the smallest appendage such as a finger is counted as making a person whole. So it’s no wonder that when someone loses a body part to amputation…
A Thursday evening car accident in North Carolina highlights two of the single riskiest driving behaviors all wrapped into one terrible wreck. Police in Wake County, North Carolina say that a drunk driver was on his cell phone texting when he drifted out of his lane and off the shoulder of the road, colliding with…
Fatal Traffic Collision on Merriman Road, Roanoke County, VA A tragic accident occurred at the 5900 block of Merriman Road in Roanoke County. The driver of a vehicle was reportedly traveling at a high rate of speed when the driver suddenly lost control, ran off the right side of the road, became airborne and crashed into a power pole…