{"id":12061,"date":"2018-06-07T18:52:36","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T18:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madd.org\/?p=12061"},"modified":"2022-06-13T12:38:46","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T12:38:46","slug":"madd-sisters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/madd-sisters\/","title":{"rendered":"MADD “Sisters”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tragedy often feels personal and unique, especially something as random as a drunk driving crash, like we are being singled out by the universe.<\/p>\n

Yet, four women recently discovered just how similar their losses were after drunk driving upended each of their lives. Each woman lost a father to an impaired driver. Each felt alone and untethered. And, yet, each person discovered a new friendship that led to strength and hope through their shared trauma.<\/p>\n

It started on Facebook<\/h2>\n

Jennifer Zavala\u2019s father was killed by a drugged driver while taking a quick walk during the work day to get his steps in. At first, she didn\u2019t consider MADD an option.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen they reached out, I wondered why. My father wasn\u2019t killed by a drunk driver,\u201d she said. Quickly, she realized that MADD assists and includes drugged driving as well, so she joined MADD\u2019s victims-only Facebook page.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s where she met Aliyah Rudoff from Texas. Jessica Gallant of Massachusetts also visited the page. Quickly, it became apparent that each women suffered a similar loss \u2013 a father killed by an impaired driver.<\/p>\n