Meet Jacqueline Saburido
Birthday Party As A Child
At a party with friends
This is Jacqueline Saburido on September 19, 1999.
Early on Sunday morning, September 18, 1999, Jacqueline Saburido, 20, and four friends were on their way home from a birthday party. Reggie Stephey, an 18-year-old star football player, was on his way home from drinking beer with some buddies. On a dark road on the outskirts of Austin, Texas, Reggies SUV veered into the Oldsmobile carrying Jacqui and the others. Two passengers in the car were killed at the scene and two were rescued. Within minutes, the car caught fire. Jacqui was pinned in the front seat on the passenger side. She was burned over 60% of her body; no one thought she could survive. But Jacqui lived. Her hands were so badly burned that her fingers had to be amputated. She lost her hair, her ears, her nose, her left eyelid and much of her vision. She has had more than 50 operations since the crash and has many more to go.
The car in which Jacqueline traveled.
She was hit by another car that was driven by
Reggie Stephey on his way home
after drinking a couple of hard packs with his friends.
This was in December 1999.
Jacqueline was caught in the burning car
and her body was heavily burnt during around 45 seconds.
She has had more than 50 operations since the crash
and has many more to go.
Getting Treatment
Three months after her accident
Jacqueline with Her Father - 2000
Without a left eyelid Jacquie needs eye drops to keep her vision.
Now 20 year old, he cannot forgive himself for
driving drunk on that night three years ago.
He's aware of devastating Jacqueline Saburidos life.
In June 2001 Reggie Stephey was convicted of two counts of
intoxication manslaughter for the deaths of Jacquis two friends.
He was sentenced to seven years in prison and fined $20,000.
The alcoholic/addict thinks that their drinking/using hurts no one, but themselves.
THINK AGAIN
