Political Quotes

“last Sunday marked the 1-year anniversary of a tragic bus crash outside Atlanta, GA, which was transporting members of the Bluffton University baseball team from my State of Ohio to play baseball in Florida. The crash took the lives of Tyler Williams and Cody Holp, Scott Harmon, Zack Arend, and David Joseph Betts. The driver, Jerome Niemeyer, and his wife Jean were also killed in the crash. Most of the other 33 passengers were treated for injuries. While the investigation into the cause of the crash is ongoing, one thing is clear: Stronger safety regulations could have minimized the fatalities and injuries resulting from the crash. John Betts, who lost his son in this accident, sees upgrading the safety laws for motor coaches as an opportunity to save the lives of future riders. Thus, through this tragedy, a movement began to adopt commonsense safety regulations that lower the risk of injury or fatality in accidents. Mr. Betts visits his son's grave twice a day. Of his visit the other day, he said: I just asked him to give me strength, give me wisdom, give me the words to keep fighting to make sure something good comes from something so bad.”