Turning Pain into Purpose: Alex Otte (MADD)
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Alex Otte
National President
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Website: madd.org
In this episode of Safe Nation, Captain Nikki Renfroe interviews the National President of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and gets to the bottom of how the organization plans to fight impaired driving. MADD is one of the leading nonprofit organizations working to prevent and reduce alcohol-related crashes and deaths. National President Alex Otte talks with us about her personal experiences as a young teenager with an impaired driver that left her severely injured. Her compelling true story highlights her resilience and explains the passion that she has for working with MADD to eliminate impaired driving. Subscribe to Safe Nation to get more information on how to bring an end to drunk driving!
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1. Intro (00:00:00)
2. Guest Intro (00:00:50)
3. Current Role Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) (00:01:14)
4. Alex's Story: Drunk Boater Causes Tragic Crash (00:02:15)
5. "My brain shook inside my head" (00:04:12)
6. "My right leg was completely severed" (00:04:55)
7. Family's reaction (00:06:47)
8. What happened to the drunk driver (00:08:15)
9. Accomplishments with MADD (00:10:11)
10. Husband (00:12:34)
11. What law enforcement can do (00:13:08)
12. What the public needs to know (00:16:02)
13. How to contact MADD (00:16:41)
14. Message to law enforcement (00:17:39)
15. Final Words (00:18:05)
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