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My story for this one starts in a magical time called 2000 and a wonderful place called the New York Times. On August 15th they run some sort of
fluff
piece about teens fucking. In which, on the 10th to last line of the article, they quoted a young Courtney Lett who gave her views on fucking and drinking.
And I quote, "I see kids who get drunk and have sex. They don't think anything bad can happen to them. I'm just not that confident. ". Quite the wise
and foreshadowing young lady.
Flash forward to the day after her 22nd
birthday. With a blood alcohol content equal to Willie Mays' lifetime
batting average (.302) she drives the wrong way on US Highway 71 for 6 miles before hitting a tractor-trailer head on. Courtney died instantly and the driver
of the tractor-trailer died not so instantly.
While it did take him a year to kick the bucket, the
courts said Courtney was responsible. Way to go Courtney. Usually, the tractor-trailers wins in a blowout. Sure, it was a suicide mission but for the first time, I
found a person who took on an 18-wheeler and won--well, tied.
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