While our goal at the Coalition is to reduce bicycling related deaths, we also must ensure that we do not forget those we have lost as we work for a safer future.
Yesterday, we had an opportunity to again pay tribute to one of our own, Jesse Gamble. Jesse was killed by a drunk driver in August 2008 while riding his bike home from work over the Blossom Street Bridge. Today, the bike lanes on the bridge are named "Jesse's Way" in his memory- but his impact on the community did not end there. As an organ donor, Jesse was able to save the lives of seven people, and for that gift, he will be honored on the 2012 Donate Life Rose Parade Float.
Donate Life's parade presence has been a tradition since 2004 and brings awareness of organ donors' kindness and generosity to over 40 million spectators and television viewers. Jesse is the first Columbia resident and fourth donor from South Carolina receive this honor. The opportunity to celebrate Jesse's life and gift was made possible by Bridge to Life, a Columbia-based biotechnology company dedicated to improving the process of organ transplantation.
Read More: http://palmettocycling.blogspot.com/2011/12/jesse-gamble-honored-in-2012-rose.html
Yesterday, we had an opportunity to again pay tribute to one of our own, Jesse Gamble. Jesse was killed by a drunk driver in August 2008 while riding his bike home from work over the Blossom Street Bridge. Today, the bike lanes on the bridge are named "Jesse's Way" in his memory- but his impact on the community did not end there. As an organ donor, Jesse was able to save the lives of seven people, and for that gift, he will be honored on the 2012 Donate Life Rose Parade Float.
Donate Life's parade presence has been a tradition since 2004 and brings awareness of organ donors' kindness and generosity to over 40 million spectators and television viewers. Jesse is the first Columbia resident and fourth donor from South Carolina receive this honor. The opportunity to celebrate Jesse's life and gift was made possible by Bridge to Life, a Columbia-based biotechnology company dedicated to improving the process of organ transplantation.
Read More: http://palmettocycling.blogspot.com/2011/12/jesse-gamble-honored-in-2012-rose.html
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