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  May 26, 1999    Sunnyvale, California  Since 1994

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    Crash victim


    Crash Course

    Students witness the devastating results of drinking and driving


    It was a grim scene at Cupertino High School last week, as a half- dozen firefighters worked with the "jaws of life" to pry open the door of a smashed car and extract two injured teens. A young man lay lifeless on the ground nearby, his gray sneakers poking out from a light-blue piece of plastic that covered his head and body. An empty, torn box that once held a 12-pack of beer lay to one side of the car. Fortunately for the teens in last week's scene, it was just that: a scene. The blood trickling down the victims' faces and arms was fake. The "dead" student lay on the ground for 15 minutes, a visual reminder to the nearly 200 teens watching in the bleachers that someday, they or their friends could face the same fate if they made the choice to drink alcohol and drive. It was part of a dramatic presentation by Operation Outreach, a new non-profit organization founded by fire captain Joe Viramontez.   More

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