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  • 2003-01-22 (xsd:date)
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  • Jacqueline Saburido Medical Appeal (es)
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  • A Microsoft PowerPoint file that made the rounds of the Internet in 2003 presented the viewer with a chilling slide show: four pictures of a pretty young woman with her friends and family, a post-accident photograph of the charred remains of a car, nine images of a horribly disfigured woman pursuing her daily routine (sharing time with her father, receiving medical treatment, eating, reading), and finally a reproduction of a Don't Drink and Drive poster from the Texas Department of Public Safety bearing pre- and post-disfigurement photos of the young woman under the legend Not everyone who gets hit by a drunk driver dies: This was one of the cases we really wished would have turned out to be someone's sick idea of hoax. Unfortunately, the story was all too real. The slide show documented what happened to Jacqueline Saburido, a 20-year-old woman who had taken a break from attending college in Venezuela to come to the United States and study English. Her HelpJacqui website described the horrific accident that turned her life upside-down: A May 2002 profile in The Austin American-Statesman also described the terrible extent of Jacqui's injuries: (The other driver, Reggie Stephey, was arrested and charged with two counts of intoxication manslaughter. He was found guilty in 2001 and served seven years in prison.) As Jacqui's web site noted, she continued to receive medical treatment for her extensive injuries in Louisville, Kentucky, where she and her father Amadeo lived, and specialists were performing a series of skin grafts and working to rebuild her right hand. Jacqui was eventually able to resume her studies and enroll in intensive English classes, and she established a private bank account to receive donations to help pay her living and medical expenses. On 24 November 2003, Jacqui garnered national attention when she appeared as a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show, and then again in 2009 when Orpah counted down her most memorable guests of the past 25 years: Jacqueline Saburido passed away at the age of 40 in April 2019, but she left behind a legacy of inspiring hope among a legion of followers across the globe in her roles as a motivational speaker and anti-drunken driving spokeswoman: (en)
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