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Woman’s choice to drink, drive crushes captain’s dream of flying

December 22nd, 2009
Capt. Alan Yee had just finished pilot training and was out with friends celebrating. He and his friends realized they had one too many drinks to drive, and called a cab. As they were travelling down a 50 mph road, a truck slammed into their cab. Moments later, one friend in the cab was ejected out of the back, another friend was choking on his own blood, one friend had his knee severely injured, and Captain Yee's neck was broken.

In an instant, the captain's dreams of becoming a pilot, taking the fast track through Air Force schooling and training were shattered like the windows of the cab. The person in the oncoming vehicle chose not to call that cab, but instead got behind the wheel of her truck with a blood-alcohol level of 0.17; more than twice the legal limit.
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