Why We Walk

Barbara & Mel Glickman

Home City: Melville, NY

Crash Anniversary: April 22, 2017

"On Saturday, April 22, 2017, my wonderful parents had just returned from a winter in Florida. We had a lovely dinner together at a favorite restaurant in Massapequa to celebrate their homecoming. After a nice chat outside the restaurant we kissed and hugged goodbye and said our usual “I Love You” and went our separate ways to our respective cars.

When we got home we saw on the news a story about a horrible car crash in front of the restaurant we were just at. I was sure I saw my mom's shoes and brand new pocketbook she had just showed me at dinner, but my husband thought I was crazy. We tried desperately to reach my parents on their cell phones and home phones but no answer. My husband and son ran to their house to check on them. I made frantic calls to the restaurant, the hospitals, the police until I found them. At the hospital we were told that my beautiful parents had been killed by a drunk driver. He was a bar owner, coming home from work, after drinking 11 beers.

Our lives were changed forever. MADD has helped my family and we participate in Walk Like MADD to honor my parents and to make sure no other family goes through what we have. Please join us in support of MADD's lifesaving work."

- Andrea Rothbort

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