Candace Lightner became an activist 40 years ago when a drunken driver struck and killed her daughter, Cari.
Today, Lightner can talk about her daughter’s death with little outward emotion. “It’s not difficult at all, because I’ve done it so many times,” she said before recounting the story in all its tragic detail, from the time her daughter was hit (around 1 p.m.) to the fact that the driver’s wife turned him in.
Just four days afterward, Lightner recounts, she started putting together an activist group: Mothers Against Drunk Driving, or MADD.
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