[EndDD.org, a project of the Casey Feldman Foundation, was established as the result of the tragic death of Casey Feldman]. Casey died on July 17, 2009, hours after being struck by a van in a crosswalk during daylight hours when on her way to a summer job as a waitress in Ocean City, N.J. She
“I know that today is the 8th anniversary of Casey’s death; my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family today.”
A new study just released by The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) projects an 11% increase in the number of pedestrians killed on U.S. roadways last year, compared to 2015. This would represent the steepest year-to-year increase since record-keeping began, both in terms of the number of deaths and percentage increase. Overall, pedestrian fatalities have increased by
Springfield High School (Delaware County PA) senior Samantha Kemmey produced this documentary PSA for her film production class about Casey Feldman who was killed by a distracted driver in 2009. Samantha captures the spirit of Casey in this video while raising awareness about the devastating impact of distracted driving.
EndDD (End Distracted Driving) founders and parents of the late Casey Feldman, Joel Feldman and Dianne Anderson were on The Today Show this morning talking about their daughter, Casey and distracted driving. View the segment [….]
Published in The Delaware County News Network, Wednesday, February 25, 2015 – By Susan L. Serbin, Correspondent – Joel Feldman has given presentations on the dangers of distracted driving in the United States and Canada. He has spoken to nearly a quarter of a million youngsters and parents. But he admitted (privately), the talk at Springfield High School was more difficult than others. Springfield was the alma mater of his daughter Casey [….]
Don Enss, from Murfreesboro, Tennessee never knew Casey Feldman, the inspiration behind EndDD.org (End Distracted Driving), a project of the Casey Feldman Foundation. Yet, he read her story and was moved to write a letter to his local newspaper, the Daily News Journal. He had driven I-24 to Nashville and had seen a message board
…. I never met Casey. But I stared at a large photograph of her earlier this month at the DoubleTree Hotel in South Burlington, while her father, Joel spoke of her death — and what it is like as a parent to bury your child….Her father and I were among nine speakers sharing different moments from our lives as a part of the Vermont Association for Justice’s “Cornerstone Stories.” Feldman’s story was especially powerful, not simply because of the eloquence and honesty with which he shared every parent’s most devastating nightmare, but because of how he and his wife Dianne Anderson chose to go on living. And part of that path forward was the creation of the organization, “End Distracted Driving” (EndDD) ….
There was a lively engagement between Joel Feldman and the 600 or so students in the Pennsbury East High School Auditorium for more than an hour…..But there were a few times when his comments drew dead silence.“I was a distracted driver until my daughter was killed by a distracted driver,” Feldman said. “The hardest thing I ever had to do was tell her little brother his big sister was dead,” he later added [….]
A Project of The Casey Feldman Foundation
