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On the day after Thanksgiving in 1995, my father and stepmother had just dropped my family at Phoenix airport for our return to Sioux Falls. On their drive home, my father mistook a 2-wat stop for a 4-way stop. He entered the intersection and his car was hit by a 2.5 ton truck on the passenger side. My stepmother was wearing a seatbelt and was killed instantly. My father was not wearing a seatbelt and suffered minimal effects of the accident.

He agreed that, despite his personal experience, it's always a good idea to wear a seatbelt. Adding to the poignancy and irony of the story is that he had just retired as the number 2 national executive for the American Automobile Association (AAA) two weeks before.

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