"Joe Stone was 25 when he was hit by a driver while trying to cross the street near his home in 2013. Danielle Sale died in 2010, at the age of 22. Henry Zietlow was 18 when he was killed in a traffic crash in 2019. Seamus DuBarry was just 22 months old when he was killed, also in 2010."
"On Sunday morning, a group of about 80 Portlanders gathered under a shelter at Luuwit View Park in honor of the annual, internationally-recognized World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. The attendees included a handful of people who have lost family and friends in Portland traffic crashes. They stood at the front of the group, holding posters with photos of the loved ones they lost."
""For family members, every single day is a day of remembrance. It never goes away," Nathan Zietlow, Henry Zietlow's father, said at the Portland World Day of Remembrance, held Sunday morning at Luuwit View Park. "It's not something you recover from, because grief is love, and it doesn't dissipate with time. All we can try to do is learn how to carry it and live with it.""
Multiple individuals of varying ages were killed in traffic crashes over the last 15 years, including infants, young adults, and older adults. National motor vehicle fatalities increased from about 32,000 annually in the early 2010s to more than 40,000 per year in recent years. Bereaved family members emphasize that victims represent individual human lives rather than statistics and underscore the lasting nature of grief. Approximately 80 Portlanders gathered at Luuwit View Park for World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, where relatives displayed photos and posters to honor their lost loved ones.
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