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Three Innocent Teenagers Were Killed When a Drunken Driver Made…A Deadly Decision

Three Innocent Teenagers Were Killed When a Drunken Driver Made…A Deadly Decision

Last in a series on the heartbreaks and hopes of unsung Detroit area athletes.A thin drizzle fell that night, giving the streets an oily sheen under the lights. It was just past midnight, Monday turning to Tuesday, and a teenager named Tim Doil was driving through Troy with two friends, coming home from a high school graduation party. It was warm. Early June. They had Puff Daddy on the radio, singing "I'll Be Missing You." They were heading east.

Mitch Albom writes about running an orphanage in impoverished Port-au-Prince, Haiti, his kids, their hardships, laughs and challenges, and the life lessons he’s learned there every day.

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