The Route: Phil's Unfinished Story

Each day nine people are killed by distracted driving, leaving their stories unfinished. We honor Phil by bringing his Unfinished Story to life through imagining what could have been.

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A Travelers red umbrella centers on the screen.

(SPEECH)
[GREG]
Our son Phillip was um, a very driven athlete. There wasn't a day, it didn’t matter what the weather was that he didn’t get out there and run.

[AMY]
Phillip made everyone feel like they were his best friend.

[GREG]
Even the mailman liked Phillip because he’d see him, they shared the same route every day, and Phillip would smile and wave at him.

[AMY]
One day Phillip said, “Get your tickets to Rio because I’m going to be there”. So I’m like, Wow ok ya know?

[GREG]
He was just that way about everything. He always wanted to be the best. He was on his daily run…

[AMY]
And a woman crossed over the centerline of the road and struck him from behind. That was horrible. She got a call to her cell phone at the time of the crash. It was distracted driving. Phillip had his whole life ahead of him. And the worst part of all this is that we’ll never know what he would have accomplished, what he would have done, and where he would be.

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In Phillip’s honor, we imagined his unfinished story.

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I’ve got the whole world at my fingertips. I feel like flying, I feel infinite. I know that we’re the kind to think along to other lines but we’’ feel be fine. Come along now, the sky is endless now. We are limitless, We are limitless, now. Come along now, the sky is endless now. We are limitless, We are limitless, now. The sky is calling, calling out to me. Some new beginnings with endless possibilities. Are you with me? Can you hear me? When I sing out. The sky is endless now. We are limitless, we are limitless, now. Come along now, the sky is endless now. We are limitless, we are limitless.

[THE CROWD CHEERS]

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Distracted driving takes the lives of 9 people each day.
Leaving their stories unfinished.
Phillip LaVallee 1993 - 2013

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I’ve got the whole world at my fingertips. I feel like flying, I feel infinite. I know that we’re the kind to think along to other lines but we’’ feel be fine.

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Let’s end distracted driving.

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Travelers Every Second Matters initiative logo.
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