drunk driving

That  14-year old boy struck and killed by a drunk driver last Thursday is being buried today.  Death is a fact of life.  People are born.  People die.  But when you hear about such unnecessary deaths I always ask why.   A 23-year old guy drinks six beers in a local tavern, gets in his SUV and snuffs out the life of a boy riding his bicycle.

There have been a lot of high profile drunk driving incidents in the Buffalo area in recent months and it makes me think that Western New Yorkers are not getting the message.

The driver of an ice resurfacing Zamboni was charged with drunk driving after he was found to have a blood alcohol level of o.32 percent, four times over the legal limit in the state of Minnesota.  Witnesses say they watched him swivel and swerve all over the ice and bounce off the walls.  What normally would take 10 minutes to resurface the ice took about a half hour.

Imagine sitting at a red light on your motorcycle joking with a couple people who are crossing the street in front of you when suddenly a car comes flying by you and hits them.  What would you do?  Would you chase after the car?  That's exactly what happened to Sisto Perez early Friday morning.

This is an unbelievable story and its worth reading and watching!  If you didn't hear about this already....check it out! A fisherman was in his kayak off the coast of Siesta Key, Florida, going about his business when a stray, but collared dog swam up to him.  After bringing the dog (Barney) onto the kayak, the man noticed that the dog was shaking a lot and had a couple of wounds. The fisherman e