Rusty Burris

On June 3, 1990, 18 year-old Rusty Burris was driving home after having been awake for more than 36 hours. He knew that he was significantly sleepy, having dozed off during visits to friends and family in the hours leading up to the drive home. Still, Rusty decided to make the trip. In an instant, [...]

Timothy Douglas

On the morning of July 19, 1995, Timothy Douglas, a veteran commercial driver who had logged more than 1 million miles, was headed southbound on I-75 in Georgia when he fell asleep at the wheel of his 18-wheeler, rear-ending a pick-up truck carrying 14 people. Adults, children, even infants flew from the bed of the [...]

Kevin O’Connor

March 6, 1987 -
June 18, 2002

My son’s name is Kevin O’Connor. He was fifteen years only when he died. Kevin was a very family-oriented young man and worked in our family business. He played football and baseball and loved the Mets and the Jets. He hunted, fished and camped. We own and operate [...]

Jack Blevins

April 10, 1969 -
January 5, 2007

On January 5,2007 37 year old Jack Blevins was on his way to work. Unfortunatley, he did not make it. Just minutes from home he was killed in a auto accident by a man who had fallen asleep while driving. I remember him leaving for that work morning he always [...]

Craig Condill

June 21, 1952 -
October 25, 2007

I am Craig’s sister in law. I am a registered sleep technician and a respiratory therapist. I have a passion for sleep disorders and recently went to a WAKE UP Michigan Symposium. I was unbelievably moved by the stories I heard there and was planning on telling everyone who would [...]

Daryl Dorn

August 4, 1955 – August 2, 2002
On late Friday afternoon, August 2, 2002, Daryl Dorn, a 46 year old man from Rochester, Washington, just a few days shy of his 47th birthday, was killed on the side of a freeway in the act of being a Good Samaritan by a fatigued driver who fell asleep [...]

Jared Hazouri

February 24, 1978 – June 28, 2000
My son Jared was one of the kindest, sweetest people who ever lived. He was 22 years old, with a decent job, and in that wonderful stage of life where you’re young, free, with a little money in yor pocket and enjoying life. He was working late, helping with [...]

Charlotte Paris

September 20, 1950 -
September 23, 2007

Char entered my life almost three years ago and we developed a close and loving relationship that we both wanted to last the rest of our lives. She was full of life and love and had a heart of gold. Then heading home late at night after helping a friend [...]

Candice Ann Person

July 8, 1970 -
April 14, 1989

It was April 14, 1989…a Friday night. My sister, Candi was driving home. She had been up most of the night studying for college exams and had worked a long shift at a grocery store. It was around 5:30PM and it was a perfectly warm Spring day. She fell asleep [...]

Claude Selder

July 7, 1945

My daddy was an honest, hard-working man. His family was the most important thing in the world to him. Everything he did revolved around how it affected his family. On May 20, 1995 his life and his entire family’s life changed forever. Daddy had just bought a “new” used pickup that he was [...]

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