PLEASE look behind your vehicle!
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Steven Curtis Chapman, a popular Christian music artist, lost his five year old daughter last night after she was run over in the family's driveway when their teenage son was backing up. He was driving an SUV (or a large vehicle of some sort) and could not see her behind the car. (You can visit Chapman's official site for more details or go to the site set up for Maria to leave your condolences). (Also, the song "Cinderella" was written by Chapman for his daughter Maria a few years ago).
This is an absolute tragedy and I just cringe thinking about how many people drive these large vehicles and possibly don't take the time to make sure no one is behind them before backing up. You can't always see what is behind you just by looking in your rear view mirror, and unfortunately, the amount of money it costs to put a back-up camera in your car is too expensive for some (myself included).
This tragedy reminds me of a story that I heard on a local radio station about a month ago. An 18-month old named Lilli Grace was run over in her driveway when her father was leaving to go to work. (He had actually gotten out of the car to make sure she wasn't around the vehicle before he pulled out). If you go to the memorial website that has been set up for Lillie Grace, you will be amazed at the way the family is handling the situation, and how they are using the tragedy to help others.
Please, please, please, people -- make sure your children are not around your vehicles when you move them!
This is an absolute tragedy and I just cringe thinking about how many people drive these large vehicles and possibly don't take the time to make sure no one is behind them before backing up. You can't always see what is behind you just by looking in your rear view mirror, and unfortunately, the amount of money it costs to put a back-up camera in your car is too expensive for some (myself included).
This tragedy reminds me of a story that I heard on a local radio station about a month ago. An 18-month old named Lilli Grace was run over in her driveway when her father was leaving to go to work. (He had actually gotten out of the car to make sure she wasn't around the vehicle before he pulled out). If you go to the memorial website that has been set up for Lillie Grace, you will be amazed at the way the family is handling the situation, and how they are using the tragedy to help others.
Please, please, please, people -- make sure your children are not around your vehicles when you move them!
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Mandy at 10:20 AM
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Hello, I just wanted to write to tell you Thank you for spreading the message of safety with Kids and vehicles. I am Lilli Grace's Dad, we still hurt everyday missing our Lilli Grace. We are continually trying to update her webpage www.lilligrace.com. We hope one day her page will be a focal point for families to understand the importance of spending time together. Also, we hope it will be a place for people to go to learn more about infant/toddler safety around the home(where we think they are safe).
Again, thank you for helping us spread the message.
Remember, Grace Is Greater!
That is terrible.. luckily, I do have a back up camera on my car, but it's still no excuse not to look back. You should always do it anyway.
Too many things can happen if you're not careful with your vehicle.
It is beyond belief how people's lives can change from one moment to the next by incidents like these ones.
All it takes is some patience and to have a watchful eye when driving but in these hectic times we live in, such essential things are treated as secondary I am afraid.
Still, one must learn from past tragedies.
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