by Crash Support Network | Mar 7, 2022 | Organizations, Survivor Story
I Pinky Swear They say your life can change in the blink of an eye…. I never really understood the true meaning of this statement until I was hit by a distracted driver 6 years ago. Looking back at the person I was, the things I could do, the plans I had for my...
by Crash Support Network | Jan 29, 2022 | Crash Survivor Blog, Survivor Story
Cinderella Man Back in the hospital, this time I am being visited by a doctor. He’s a good-looking doctor. Too good-looking. Tv-doctor good looking, soap-opera-fake-doctor good looking. I listen as he shares news about my arms. In response I say, “14 seems like...
by Crash Support Network | Dec 8, 2021 | Survivor Story
Sarah sustained a severe traumatic brain injury at the age of 15 after getting in a car with an underage drinking driver and is the author of the book, “You’re Getting Better Every Day.” Her writings have been published in Hope magazine and...
by Crash Support Network | Nov 30, 2021 | Survivor Story
On 8/23/2008, I was a passenger in a serious one-vehicle rollover accident that resulted in a severe traumatic brain injury. The driver was drunk, 6 people packed into a single cab truck (4 in front and 2 in the bed), and a story that was rumored was that we...
by Crash Support Network | Sep 11, 2021 | Crash Survivor Blog, Survivor Story
It was a cold, rainy night, at least it sounded of rain. I was trapped, laying on my back in a box car of a train. Pinned down on my back, unable to get up. I couldn’t see the restraints, like a turtle on its back – straining but never getting up. There...
by Crash Support Network | Sep 10, 2021 | Survivor Story
Have you ever asked how a good God could let bad things happen? Where is God in the midst of suffering? Is there any hope left for me? One moment Caitie Crowley was an ordinary 24-year-old driving home from work, and then next moment her life would be changed forever....
by Crash Support Network | Jun 2, 2021 | Survivor Story
Life-changing crash leaves survivor wondering if she could have had a normal life. September 29, 2018 started out as an ordinary day, but ended in a tragedy of twisted metal and pain. I met my boyfriend a few months earlier so the relationship was new; still in...
by Crash Support Network | Jun 2, 2021 | Crash Survivor Blog, Survivor Story
This Life Husband, father, writer… infrequent and at least 55% impaired. Impaired as in injured, damaged, diminished, less than whole. Please be patient, I’m still getting used to my new brain. I have no answers, no advice, no guidance. All I have is a...
by Crash Support Network | Jun 2, 2021 | Legal, Survivor Story
On August 7, 2008, a woman passed out at the wheel of an SUV. She crossed the center line, and struck a minivan driven by a 17-year-old girl. The woman had two prior impaired driving convictions. She was drunk and her blood tested positive for the presence of...