The first story that I want to comment on can be referred to at this link: http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/552765,CST-NWS-drunk12.article .
Leonel Ortiz is accused of having 24 beers and then 2 more while driving his Chevy Blazer before running a red light and striking the car of Minerva Santiago, instantly killing her. It happened at 10 A.M. Sunday morning at 31st Street.
This is one of those stories that just disgusts me. How can someone be that stupid to get behind the wheel after drinking so much?
Apparently, Ortiz had been drinking with two of his buddies the entire night as well. One has to wonder why they weren't there to stop Ortiz in this very preventable tragedy.
I understand everyone wants to go out and party on Saturday nights. Lord knows I do it. But no matter how much I drink, I know that there is absolutely no excuse to get in a car and operate it. There are so many other ways to get home, especially in Chicago where cabs are practically everywhere on a Saturday night. Also, it's important to know your limits. I don't know many people that stay out all night and have a blood alcohol count of .194, as Ortiz is accused of, past ten in the morning!
Next time you go out, just remember this story in case you even have a thought of making this kind of mistake. Just look at the consequences.
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The second story I want to refer to is here:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/mob/550060,mob091007.stng
This is the story about the "Family Secrets" mob trial. Five mobsters were found guilty in this case, including one named Joseph “Joey the Clown” Lombardo.
My grandpa, Michael O'Donnell, was a Chicago Police Officer his entire life. One of the stories he used to tell me when I was younger was about a mobster that he used to have altercations with on a frequent basis. He used to say that he thought the man looked like a clown, so he gave the guy the nickname "The Clown" the first time he arrested him.
Yes, it was my grandpa who gave Joey "The Clown" Lombardo his nickname. I'm sure somewhere in Heaven, he's having a good laugh right now over the fact that the "clown" finally was convicted after all these years.
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In reference to the first story, I completely agree. In my drivers ed class, we had a presentation by a women who lost her 3 or 4 year old son because he was a "human airbag" for her drunk [now ex]husband. The husband walked away from the accident because of the boy that was sitting on his lap. There are a lot of things I tolerate when it comes to alcohol consumption, but getting in a car after you've been drinking is NOT one of them.
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