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Dad Has New Role: President of Mothers Against Drunk Driving

By Peter Panepento

The music of an ice-cream truck lured Courtney Birch out of his grandmother's house, as he rushed to keep up with his cousins on May 3, 1988. Meanwhile, a car was tearing down the street at 70 miles per hour.

The driver of the speeding car had a blood-alcohol level of 0.26 -- the equivalent of a 12-pack of...

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