In Loving Memory of Andrew McMorris
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- In September 2018, Andrew McMorris, age 12, was hiking with his Boy Scout troop when he was hit by a drunk driver. Andrew was killed in front of his father and 4 other Boy Scouts were hit and injured, some seriously.
My Mother was killed in 1970 at the hands of a drunken driver and I cannot fathom how many more people have died in the same PREVENTABLE way. It just keeps happening and there is technology to at least reduce the chances however people get around that too. These are not accidents, they are murders by selfish people who make choices that change lives forever. I was 4 years old, let that sink in…at 4 years old my family had to try and explain that my Mom wasn’t ever coming home. To this day I offer rides to people on major holidays, I speak to anyone who will listen, and I’ve never forgotten how everything changed in 1970.
I am so very sorry for your loss. 💔🙏
No drunk driver can take away the love shining through this family. God bless you all ! ❤️
Every drunk driver should have to watch this!
You are a strong loving family.
God Bless you🙏
Heartbreaking handsome young boy my condolences to his mom dad sister family friends 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔rip
This story brought me to tears. I worked hard to achieve the right to proudly say, "I am an Eagle Scout." Looking at the merit badges Andrew already had earned at such a young age, I have no doubt he too, would have reached Scouting's highest rank. To Mr. McMorris, you are to be commended for your role as a Scout Leader, and your close relationship with your talented son. May the memories of Andrew sustain you, your wife, and daughter in the years ahead.
The father misses his father and son. Sorry for the loss in that lovely family. I know no comments or help can help them, but oh God, please protect that family
The trauma this family went through. Especially this poor poor father.
May they find peace in their waking lives and him in his eternal rest.
This breaks my heart. God bless Andrew and his loving family.
Why is it always the beautiful souls that leave so early 😢😢😢
I thank God that Andrew's dad was there with him when this accident happened. Andrew had family with him, supporting and loving him from life through to death. He was never alone during his traumatic event.
He had a wonderful life with lots of family and friends who loved and supported him.
Too many people are not as fortunate in life as he was. It is such a sad thing that he did not survive.
I'm so sorry for your loss 🌹🙏🏼 Something similar happened to me a few months ago 😕 There's a grocery store about 5 miles from my house and I love walking so I decided to walk there (took a little over an hour to get there), I made it there, and as i'm walking back home (barely 15 minutes walk from my house) one of my next door neighbors pulls over thinking I had car issues and needed help, and as we're talking an elderly woman comes speeding by her right hand side car mirror slams into my right arm, purse, and groceries. It happened so fast I didn't even have time to react but she hit me so hard it made me spin, fall back a good bit from where I was originally standing, and landed hard onto the ground completely disorientated- keep in mind it was in broad daylight, me and my neighbor were well over 5 feet from the road on the grass, my neighbor's truck was properly and clearly parked on the side of the road, and there was next to no other cars on the road at the time. I was extremely lucky because other then my groceries being destroyed (which seemed to have taken most of the brunt of the car hit), and having superficial injuries to my arm (it completely swelled up, was bruised all over, stiff, sore, there was muscle damage, and this lasted for almost a month but nothing broken) I came out of it okay which sadly isn't the case for everyone. Had that woman drove a little bit more off of the road, had I stood a little closer to the road, or I wasn't carrying heavy groceries that took the brunt it could've ended A LOT worse for me so i'm extremely grateful and ain't gonna lie even months later it's still mind blowing to think about how crazy it was and how close I came to death 😟 The elderly woman wasn't drunk but unfortunately I can see now why some people think elderly people shouldn't be driving, she was really nice but I could tell she wasn't all the way there and shouldn't of been driving.
I am glad you are okay. When I got hit by lady talking on her cell phone. I was very lucky not to be hurt really bad too. Andrew was just little boy. The suffering these poor parents have. All he had to do was call cab. None of this would have happened.
My sincere condolences 😢 from another grieving parent. So sad you lost your beautiful son at such a young age.
I’m so sorry... 😔💛
I am so sorry. 💔🙏🥲
Tragic, horrible, senseless loss! These beautiful parents will never be the same. 😢 it makes me so mad. A selfish horrible person destroyed other people’s lives.
We traditionally say: “May his memory be for a blessing.” Clearly, it is. Many lives will surely be saved due to Andrew’s family advocacy. #NoMoreVictims
He had been so prepared for this walk. It was so cute to hear about all his little preparations like the snacks and water bottle. Broke my heart listening to it all. I know he’s in heaven now eating the best snacks ever and walking the prettiest walking trails ever created.
I lost a good friend to a drunk driver.
Chris was 12 years old & a scout.
This happened back in the late ‘60s .
This video brings it all back vividly.
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My condolences for your loss.
So very sorry. 😢 💔
So sorry for this Family !!!!! 😭😭😭
Sorry for your loss . I'm sure he is with our Heavenly Father!
Every drunk driver should have to go to hundreds of dui accident scenes and pick up what's left of someone after they've been killed by a drunk driver and when they think they've seen enough they need to go to the funeral homes and try to fix what THEY HAVE BROKEN!!!!!!!
Gosh, this story shattered my heart. Hugs and prayers to Andrew’s family, scout family and friends. I’m so sorry for your loss.
My heart aches for your grief and loss. You are honoring Andrew with the work that you are doing and will save countless lives. God bless you. ❤
What an adorable boy,
My condolences
My heart goes out to this family and especially to this father. What courage to describe these events on video.
I remember this heartbreaking event. I believe it occurred on Eastern Long Island. Tragic loss of such a beautiful young man. May he always rest in Peace.💔😭
What beautiful tribute to your amazing son, brother and friend! I pray that technology is passed and enforced! Prayers for your family! God Bless all of you!
Wow. What a powerful story. All of the MADD stories touch me, but this one had me crying when the father started to retell the events of Andrew's passing. It is evident by the videos you share of Andrew, that he lived life to the fullest and touched many people. Thank you for sharing. Peace.
What a terrible thing to happen to such a lovely family rest in peace andrew❤🎉
So so sorry for your loss! A traumatic tragedy that should never have happened to your son!😢🫶
To Andrew's parents a world of thanks for sharing their heartbreaking story. You will no doubt save many lives. He seemed to have been an incredibly loving and loved boy.
What a lovely child Andrew is. So very sorry for your loss.
....was...😢
God bless your family I am so sorry that you lost Andrew he sounded like such a great son and brother my deepest sympathies go out to your family. It is not the quantity but the quality of life and it sounds like he lived his life to his fullest potential.
this is the SECOND VIDEO about the 10 year old TECHNOLOGY that would prevent the car / driver from driving if under the influence. i was shocked when i saw the other video and now this beautiful soul/ wonder kid !! is gone and he suffered .
it horrible. i am so sorry Andrew, you were so happy and loved by such a great family. i am in shock. 12 years old..omg i wish Andrew was with his family safe at home. i send love and prayers.
What a lifetime of unnecessary pain for this family!!
His father is distroyed. All his life to suffer. Heartbreaking to die so young.
This hurt to watch I can only imagine the parents pain 💔I'm so very sorry for your precious loss-yes, 100% preventable 🙏🏻❤️
My heart goes out to your family. ❤️ I keep you all in my thoughts and prayers. 😢
We as a country need to take DUI much more seriously. 1st offense, 6 months in jail. If a life is taken, you go to prison for the rest of your life. Plain and simple. We are up in arms about gun related deaths in our country. Which is horrific in itself. But nobody talks about the ones we lose from selfish drunks. It is so unfair. Bless all these families.
Death penalty. Eye for an eye
Laws have to be changed
Disagree with you
@ningbronsin9826 what do you disagree with?
I completely agree that laws need to be changed. Those things in the car that some people have to blow into before they can drive are a joke.
They can just get a sober person to blow into it, and it then it completely eliminates the purpose of it
Beautiful family... rip Andrew....
So sorry for your family and for Andrew. What a wonderful tribute to him may God bless his soul and may God bless you
i randomly came across this video i'd like to say R.I.P. to Andrew my thoughts and prayers are with his family i can't imagine that awful day this shattered my heart into pieces
I'm so sorry that your family has gone through this tragedy. You will see him again in heaven. may God continue to bring you through.
Oh my goodness I am so very sorry for your loss 😢😢😢
My thoughts and prayers are with you at this difficult time 🙏🙏🙏❤️
These families are so brave! God bless your hearts and thank you for supporting MADD!
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Drunk driving has affected two people in my family with traumatic brain injuries. They will never be the same but we have them with us. These people do not. Young mother's, young children, it is time to get the drunk drivers off our roads.
young fathers.
Believe it or not, a male victim is a victim just as well, even when he's 18+ years old.
I'm so sick of this misandry.
@@zc6346 We also deserve equal protection under the genital mutilatlon laws.
God Bless You🙏
I am so sorry for your loss!
I know Andrew is still with you.
My heart hurts for you.
May God comfort you 🙏❤️🩹
Herzliches Beileid. So traurig 😢. I love you I pray for You. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ from Germany
I was 13 and a passenger in a car driven by a drunk driver. I have had severe back injuries requiring surgery which brought on osteoarthritis and scoliosis. Im now in a nursing home relying on a power wheelchair to get around. I can only walk from my bed to washroom and back. Dont even get in a car with anyone who has been drinking. My condolences to the families of those killed by drunk drivers and RIP to those who died.😢😢😢😢😢
How devastating 😢Lord ☝️give this family strength & healing ❤️🩹 Each day they awaken 🙇🏽♀️
So heartbreaking,God bless Andrews family and keep you strong.
There are no words. Im so sorry
I won't call the guilty party by name... he deserves no sign of respect.
On a Sunday morning (Sep. 30, 2018), shortly before 2pm, The Killer recklessly and selfishly got behind the wheel of his white Mercedes SUV after pounding vodka since 9am at the Swan Lake Golf Club. He played only six rounds of golf... he was more interested in drinking. Videos taken with his phone show him slurring his words. One friend was so worried he asked The Killer if he could drive him home. The Killer refused, got in his car, and plowed into the group of boy scouts. When he got out of his SUV, he said, "Oh, s---. I'm in trouble"... thinking only of himself and HIS dilemma.
He refused a breathalyzer test on the scene. Blood tests administered four hours later still showed his blood alcohol to be .13 (where the legal limit is .08). FOUR HOURS LATER!!!
The Killer maintained his innocence, saying he wasn't drunk... it was an accident. His attorney said The Killer cries every single day about being involved in this accident. (Yes, HE cries every day. HE thinks he's innocent. HE says it was an accident. All about himself. Not a word about Andrew. Not a word about Andrew's family's loss.) Now HE faces 8 1/3 to 25 years in prison.
It was The Killer's choice to drink vodka to excess on that Sunday morning. It was his choice to drive. It was his choice to turn down a breathalyzer. Andrew didn't choose to die that morning. He had NO choice at all.
So sorry for your loss. I too lost my son. It's heart wrenching and devastating.
Absolutely heartbreaking for this family... They are so strong to share the story in such detail... Andrew's dad💔💔🥺
What an amazing young man and family. I am so sorry for your loss and I pray you can help others from being killed by drunk drivers.
Heartbreaking…there are no words
DUI cases are gut-wrenching! They are 100% preventable. How inhumane it is to drive under the influence of a substance! I hope laws against these sickos would be heavy. There should be no more victim! I hope Andrew and his loving family would receive justice. May you rest in peace buddy😥.
So sorry for your loss!💔
My 18 year old brother was killed by a Drunk Driver, so Devastating.
So sorry💔😰
So very sorry.Andrew will live on in your heart
I am so very sorry for your loss. I can't even imagine the pain that you go through.
My thoughts and prayers are with all of you. No family should ever have to endure any type of grief and loss. Andrew will always be remembered and loved for he is a shining star for always. Peace and Blessings now and always.
The MOTHER and FATHER had to zip up his body bag?! That is simply terrible. I have 3 sons. 3 boys and 1 girl. How can they not be mad?! They lost their only son. He was an incredible light. I hope his story saves lives.
I’ll never understand why people choose to get behind the wheel under the influence. Sending lots of love to this family. 💜💜💜
I am very sorry for your loss. My prayers are with you. 💖
What an amazing young man! Thank you for sharing your son with all of us.❤
This world as a whole never will solve it's wrost problems. May God bring you some comfort.
If you get caught drunk driving I think you should loose your right to drive ever again because you cam bet they've done it many times before they get caught that first time. This is tragic amd if you kill someone through drink driving you should be charged with first degree murder because you got behind the wheel of a deadly weapon impared. My son always has a breathalyser for the morning after he goes out. We can put a man on the moon but we can't put a device in a car that detects alcohol and drugs and stops it from starting.
RIP Andrew.
So so sad my deepest sympathy to the entire family
Rest in peace prince 🙏🙏🙏
Oh it pains me to watch you miss your son and brother. I’m so sorry for your loss. I lost my sister to a drunk drive at 7am in the morning, whilst she was going to work at the hospital. She never made it there. That was in 1990 and it’s still as painful now as it was then. The pain never goes away as you well know. I pray for you all. I know how hard it is for you, and probably harder than I know as I’ve not lost a child, only a beloved sibling. My sincere condolences to your poor family. :(
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WATCHING FROM NORTHERN IRELAND UNITED KINGDOM..🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
This is sooo 💔😢 so unfair.
HEARTBREAKING. COULDNT WATCH MORE. MAY THE LORD KEEP ANDREW IN HIS CARE N BLESS HISPARENTS N SISTER
Where was the 'Lord' to stop this from happening in the first place??? That's right. Nowhere. 😡🙄🙄
@@imogen-rc6lx he was a Christian, so do not be disrespectful.
@@Fosteringcat I wasn't at all disrespectful. It's the truth.
We're all adults here.
@@imogen-rc6lxhe was there it was the devil who killed him, but he is in a better place now, and the family knows it.
@@Fosteringcat absolute rubbish.
What a wonderful boy! 🙏🏻 RIP 💔
So happy to see your smiles of memories..hard beyond belief his death ..but he thrives still within you folks. 💙🙏🏼😇
Heartbreaking!!
De tout coeur avec pour la perte d'un être cher 🙏
This was by far the hardest one I e ever watched. I can't stop crying 😢
Heartbreaking. 😥😥
Heartbreaking.
So sorry for your loss may he rest in Rip 🙏 🕊
So sorry for your loss 🕊️🕊️🕊️ My heart goes out to the family
So Sad - Please don’t drive if you have been drinking - it’s not worth a situation like this - it’s not worth losing and or injuring innocent people ! STOP DRUNK DRIVING - BE THE PERSON THAT STAYS OFF THE ROAD WHEN YOU DRINK !! RIP Andrew !
I am SO sorry this happened to your beautiful son. This isn't fair. May God give you and your family comfort and peace.
My condolences. 🤗🤗🙏🙏
The unimaginable 😢
What a beautiful young man who never got to maturity- because some idiot got in his car drunk.
What a waste of life.
More needs to be done .
I am a heavy drinker, I won’t lie. But I will NEVER EVER drive drunk. If I go out and will be drinking, I take an Uber. I won’t even take my car there. If I’m going to drink at home, I make sure all my errands are done and my family knows I am in for the night. Even when plastered I know better to get into that drivers seat. And that tells me everyone knows better. It’s a choice. Don’t make that choice.
I’m so sorry for the loss of your son - I can’t imagine what you are all going through
I’m so sorry
I’m so sorry ohana and friends that love him 🔥♥️🔥 a hui hou dearest Andrew aloha Keakua 😪
💔🥺😢🫶🏽beautiful memories of your son handsome Rest In Peace
This is so heartbreaking 😢
When I saw this Video, I couldnt stop crying. This stupid man who drove should be remained every Day, what has Done.
My spirit and Prays goes to you All guys .😪
Looks like he was a real nice and kind little boy. 😧😥
Wow💔
This kills me. The lose of this beautiful little boy really is maddening. I pray that this family, the community, and the group of children that witnessed what happened on that day, can heal, and find some peace. The pain and anguish of losing a child will never go away, and the man that took Andrew has to live with that for the rest of his life. And I hope to god he never has a day of peace and that he’s forced to relive the moment he stole this precious boy from the earth. I hope he serves the maximum time in prison. Which isn’t enough years if u ask me. It’s disgusting that vehicular manslaughter can sometimes only lead to 4-20 years in prison depending on the state the crime was committed. That’s a joke!!! It should be an eye for an eye. U take a life, then u lose yours… Period!!! This animal will get out in a few years and be able to pick up his life where he left off, and seeing as how he was drinking and driving in the middle of the day shows that he is probably an alcoholic which means he’ll get out and continue drinking and most likely get behind the wheel once again and the sick crazy cycle will never be broken and there’s a huge chance he could take another life. Why risk that chance. Our government has to do something now! We have to stop being so lenient with these criminals. It’s up to us to save the lives of the innocent
If you had loaded gun and shoot it’s murder. Know you drank just one beer you know your getting into a loaded car .. murder is murder
I am so sorry to hear that Andrew from my family to your. That's stupid thing to do to a 12 year old boy
Descanse em paz. 🙌🇧🇷😇🙏
This is so so sad a healthy, handsome young chap doing what he liked most and because of the irresponsibility of an adult his life was cruelly taken away. I cried as I listened to his family especially his father whose voice held the immense pain of reliving the final moments of his son. I pray that God will ease the pain of this tragedy which could have been avoided. I just don't understand why people continue to get behind the wheel of a vehicle when thy know they are drunk😠😠.