See It: The Community being helped

The Shattered Dreams Project consists of two different events, the Mock Car Crash and the Every 15 minutes project.
The Every 15 Minutes project is named after the statistic that says that in every 15 minutes, a teenager is killed or seriously injured in an alcohol related collision in the United States. The every 15 minutes project comes before the mock car crash. On (Monday) November 19 a police officer will read the scenario of the car crash that took place on the morning announcements. Next, the police officer and a grip reaper will go to different class rooms, read the scenario to the class, and will pull out pre-selected students who were part of the accident. After all the students that were involved with the crash have been pulled out of class, they will march across campus to the front of the school. The students at our school will see these students (who aren’t allowed to speak) and realize that it can happen to anyone. The students that were pulled out will leave the campus and will not return to school the next day.
The next part of the project is the Mock Car Crash. This event will take place on (Wednesday) November 21. On this day we will stage a mock car crash in the front of our school. A mock car crash is a dramatized portrayal of the events and consequences resulting in an alcohol-related collision. All agencies (fire department, police department, EMS, etc.) will respond to the collision as if it were a real accident while the students watch. When it is learned that drinking is involved and that fatalities have resulted, the police establish a crime scene investigation and perform a DUI arrest on the young intoxicated driver. Finally, the coroner arrives to perform the grim task of placing the victims of the crash into body bags for transport to the morgue.
The Shattered Dreams project is a good visual reminder that will help students see the consequences that result from drinking and driving and other poor driving habits. By doing this project we hope to decrease the number of injuries and fatalities on Hawaii’s roads.