Amy Hickman - Best Friends

Maribel and I were best friends for almost 7 years. We worked together, went to school together, and always hung out. I moved away from home in late October of 2002 and missed all my friends terribly. 2 weeks after I had moved, I received a phone call from another friend back home. She told me Maribel was dead.

It took me a few weeks to get all the information but what I found was this: Maribel had gotten drunk with some friends and decided to drive herself home. She was coming around a retention pond and didn't turn her car in time. Her car ended up under water and she didn't get out in time. She drowned in her own car.

It's been a year and still I have dreams about her, convincing myself that she is still alive by the time I wake up. Please don't let this happen to anyone else. You are a bigger influence in your friends' lives than you know. Be safe and God bless.

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