Xzavier was paralyzed from below the diaphragm. Part of his spinal cord was scattered in the accident. He is missing a leg and has limited use of his right hand. He actually woke up from a coma with his left hand and went in with his right hand. X is for life support. The ventilator has to breathe for him.
He doesn’t remember the accident like his sister and mother. On that day in October, his sister crossed the street with him. The driver who hit Xzavier was not only speeding in the school zone, but also ran a stop sign because she was texting. The lady who met X texted. Her head rests on her lap. She didn’t even see X in front of her. She went straight through the stop sign with no brake marks, no brake marks at all.
The Amish family left at 8:00 am. On the same street, Chandler Gerber, a young man from Bluffton, drove a van. He was speeding on his way to work. Police determined he wasn’t speeding and was just driving along the road. He passed the Amish and basically hit the Amish buggy from behind. During the drive, Chandler and his wife texted back and forth. He caused an accident that killed three people.
It was a Sunday night, and Debbie came out of her house to pick up the mail. Under the big pine tree, she met a teenager who was texting and driving. Now she really has no life. She lost her balance, her arms were weak, she saw eyes, she couldn’t leave her garden. Debbie’s hospital bills totaled more than a million dollars. She only got $50,000 from liability insurance for the teenager who hit her. The driver was jailed for 30 days. She was also under house arrest for 5 months and did 500 hours of community service, that’s all.
These are some of the stories Werner Herzog paints in this It Can Wait documentary, dedicated to fear and victimization while texting and driving.
