Dear Editor:
This is in response to articles
”
Domestic squabble …
”
published on March 18 and
”
Woman apologizes …
”
published on March 23.
As you read this, I would like you to put yourself into my
shoes.
Pretend you are a young wife married to a young man.
Dear Editor:
This is in response to articles “Domestic squabble …” published on March 18 and “Woman apologizes …” published on March 23.
As you read this, I would like you to put yourself into my shoes.
Pretend you are a young wife married to a young man. You drop your husband off at his company truck and expect to get a phone call 45 minutes later letting you know he got home OK. Instead, five minutes later, you receive a frantic call from him. He has been in a serious head-on collision and cannot reach 911. By the time he has finished talking, you have made a U-turn by the high school to head over to Soap Lake on Highway 152. You don’t know any details. You get stuck in the aftermath traffic and cannot get to your husband as more and more emergency vehicles pass you and a helicopter flies overhead looking for a place to land. How do feel so far?
Now, it’s a few days later. You’ve dealt with paperwork and the security of your husband being alive. The Dispatch comes out with an article stating that Kimberly Johnson, 21, was arguing with her boyfriend and pulled the emergency brake while traveling westbound on 152. How do feel now?
A few days later, you see yet another article in The Dispatch with Kimberly apologizing and saying she was not arguing at the time of the collision. She also states she did not know that the emergency brake would cause her car to spin-out. (Yeah right!) Knowing that lives were jeopardized, including your loved one, how do you feel?
I’ll tell you, I was extremely upset at the fact that Kimberly made a bad decision and is now coming up with an elaborate story after the fact. I think she is afraid of being put into jail for her actions. Does she not know that she could have wiped out six lives all because she was mad? She totaled four cars which can be replaced. Those six lives could not have been replaced. Kimberly should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law so she can think about what she did. She should also be sentenced to anger management classes to learn how to argue with someone without causing harm to others.
If I were Jason Miller, I would really think twice about marring someone who could so easily put my life in jeopardy, as Kimberly did.
A special thank you to all CHP officers, fire crews, and all other emergency personal for a quick response. They were very helpful, and so kind during an awful hour and a half of our lives. Also, a BIG thank you to All Pro Towing for taking such great care of us!
Stephanie Bachman, Gilroy
Submitted Thursday, March 25 to ed****@****ic.com
