Oak Ridge High School
April 21, 2004
As a member of the Montgomery County Sheriff Citizen's Academy Alumni Association I volunteered to help with this year's "Shattered Lives" program and played the part of one of the Grim Reapers. A video explanation of the program can be found HERE.
There were 11 students involved in the "accident". Two drunk drivers, eight passengers, and one motorcyclist. Two students were dead at the scene and the mother of one of those killed was an observer and had to identify her son's remains as part of the program. All nine injured students were transported to local hospitals; eight by ambulance and one by helicopter. All of these students later died at the hospital. Both drivers were arrested.
Every fifteen minutes throughout the day the Grim Reaper would remove a student from their classroom, and their obituary would be read to the rest of the class. It was realistic enough that some students were observed crying during this process. The "deceased" would be given a "Living Dead" t-shirt, have their face painted white, and would be allowed to return to class but they were not allowed to communicate with anyone else for the remainder of the day.
It is very expensive to put on an event of this magnitude. If you as a parent or an owner of a business feel that this is worthy of your hard earned dollars and would like to support it financially, your tax-deductible contribution to this non-profit agency will be greatly appreciated.
Shattered Lives of Montgomery County
Post Office Box 2863
Conroe, Texas 77305
I would like to give a public thank you to all who participated in this program: (alpha order)
Cashner's Funeral Home, Conroe Independent School District Police Department, Montgomery County District Attorney's Office, Montgomery County Sheriff's Department, Montgomery County Sheriff's Citizens Academy Alumni Association, Montgomery County Hospital District, Montgomery County Hospital District's Emergency Medical Services, Montgomery County Department of Community Supervision and Corrections, Needham Road Volunteer Fire Department, Oak Ridge PTO and students, Precinct 3 Constable's Office, Shenandoah Police Department, Sky Med air ambulance, South Montgomery County Volunteer Fire Department, St. Luke's Community Medical Center-The Woodlands, Texas Department of Public Safety, and possibly more that I cannot remember. If I missed you and you'd like to be included on this page, please drop me a line to brian"at"thorn.org
Images are "thumb nailed". Click on them to enlarge. Each image is approx 400k.All images courtesy of Tom Blalock of American Nostalgia Custom Cycles in Conroe.
Yours Truly as the Grim Reaper looking for new souls to take!
Prepping for arrival of the emergency equipment.
First Responders arrive and go right to work saving lives.
Most critical. Requires fast transport to the nearest trauma center.
Life Flight (Sky Med) arrives to handle transportation duties.
Two DOA. The mother of the kid in the back seat has just finished identifying her son and the coroner's wagon has arrived to pick up his remains as well as the other child from the second car.
Hook 'em and book 'em. Drunk drivers 1 and 2 on their way to jail. They are the only two that "survive" the accident.
