Hang Up and Drive 'Heard in Rye' Lecture Tonight

Like most people, Jacy Good’s college graduation day in May 2008 was to be one of the greatest days of her life. But her dreams were shattered just hours after she received her diploma, when a young man caused an accident that took the lives of both Good’s parents and left her with a 10% chance of survival. No one expected Jacy to live past the first 36 hours. Jacy was a fighter. Over the next several months, she began making improvements. But life would never be the same. She had to re-learn how to walk, talk, and feed herself. Today, she is unable to move her left wrist or fingers, and she’ll have to wear a brace on her left ankle for the rest of her life. The most painful loss was of her parents. Since the crash, Jacy has devoted her life to raising awareness about the dangers of cell phone use behind the wheel. She wears a sign on her back each day explaining how her injuries were caused by distracted driving and urges everyone she meets to hang up and drive. In 2010, Jacy joined the board of FocusDriven to help continue spreading her message across the country.

Jacy has been a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show and at Maria Shriver’s Women’s Conference. She has been a guest at the United Nations and has spoken at conferences nationwide. Her story has been featured on screen and in print dozens of times nationwide, most recently in the April 11, 2011 issue of People Magazine. Jacy along with her fiancée, Steve Johnson, have been speaking to audiences nationwide, sharing their different perspectives on this senseless tragedy that has had far-reaching impact, affecting the lives of many people. In addition to Jacy telling her story, Steve shares his — of being the first person to receive the news of the woman he was very much in love with, and what it was like to be by her side throughout her entire rehabilitation process.