Adam was our quiet, well-mannered gentleman. He brought his own special humor to any situation. Adam’s first love was the Navy JR ROTC unit he was in at school. Adam also loved the world of Law Enforcement. These were his top two career choices. 

  The night of March 30,2000 forever changed our lives. Adam spent Thursday afternoon at Cristas, his girlfriend’s house, watching videos and eating dinner. That evening around 8:45 PM Jackie, Cristas mother was taking Adam home, Less than 6 miles from her house Jackie’s car was struck by a drunk driver traveling at a high rate of speed. Jackie and Crista died instantly upon impact. Adam laid in the back seat holding on to life. EMS had to cut Adam’s seat belt off him. Adam’s grandparents whom he lived with became worried when he was not home at ten. They went to Crista’s house and found no one there. They had seen the wreck site and went back to check. When they arrived on the scene of the accident and told them who they were looking for they confirmed Adam was in the car and had already been transported to the hospital. They were then told Jackie and Crista had died. It was 11:15 PM, when I got the phone call from my mother. Telling me Adam had been injured. I don’t remember much after that just that I was screaming and had fallen to my knees because I knew it was bad. My husband, John and I grabbed up Adam’s sister, Reghan and headed to the hospital. My parents were already there and the doctors were busy working with Adam. It was about an hour before when known how bad it was. The doctors said Adam had severe brain injuries and was paralyzed on his left side both legs were broke and the artery in his left leg was severed. Adam was then sent to ICU and the family was allowed to come and see him. From 3 AM until 6:30AM my mother and I held Adam’s hand told him how much we loved him and we would be there to help. I begged him to open his eyes to just speak to us. That was never to come after emergency surgery Friday morning to help relieve to pressure on his brain and repair his leg the doctors told us he probably would not make it and if he did they would have to amputate his left leg. For the rest of the day we stayed with Adam telling him how much we loved him. I sang to him, I don’t want to miss a thing by Aerosmith, one of his favorite songs. At 11:45 PM we were told Adam was brain dead and there was nothing else they could do. We allowed Adam’s friends from school to say their goodbyes and our family came in and hugged and kissed him for the last time. After everyone left at 1:00 AM, My husband and I held Adam has they unhooked the machines. I laid my head on his chest so I could hear his heart beat just once more. It was 1:34 am when I felt his last heartbeat. I looked up at my husband and started to cry. Adam was gone forever. This was two weeks before his 15th birthday.