graciela sanchez, thank you so much.hursday, i will be speaking at the university of michigan at 6:00 p.m. on friday, santa fe, new mexico at the performing arts center at 7:00 p.m. democracynow.org for more details. i remember it as if it occurred 10 minutes ago. my mom was hit head on by a drunk driver and almost killed. when this man crashed into my mom, he really crashed into our entire family. part of my son died that day. the nightmares started about a month after the crash. i saw my 8-year-old daughter become an adult overnight. it was really odd to be brushing your mom's teeth because she couldn't. i, at that point, lost all ability to be a wife. they ended up separating and getting a divorce. our family unraveled. i fell into a depression and that led into getting heavily into drugs. you can't ever get back the time that was lost. we all are survivors. one crime can have many victims. my mom and i are there for each other. my mom is my hero. new year's eve, 2002. just two years ago. in the sixth grade. july 11,