When a woman got drunk and plowed into a little league field, she ended up hitting a respected principal who lost both of his legs as a result. Luckily for her, she got a plea deal. On the day of her court hearing, however, she stumbled in hours late. Her next despicable move would have the judge immediately teaching her a lesson she won’t forget anytime soon.
Marilyn Aguilera of Miami-Dade, Florida, doesn’t make good decisions. Choosing to drive drunk with a blood alcohol level (BAL) that would later be determined to be three times the legal limit, Aguilera wrecked more lives than just her own — literally. Sadly, the grossly intoxicated woman crashed at the worst imaginable place when she plowed into a baseball field during a little-league championship game.
Aguilera struck a dad who was coaching his five-year-old son’s team. That dad was Javier Perez, who also happened to be a 44-year-old high school principal. When police arrived, they not only found Aguilera’s BAL to be three times the legal limit, but she had an open beer as well. The 52-year-old mother was arrested for drunk driving and faced stiff penalties after the injuries she caused an innocent man.
As a result of the accident, Javier Perez, who was not only a husband and a father, but also a coach, popular principal, and productive member of society, lost both of his legs. And, his road to recovery was long and hard. Enduring 20 surgeries and more than 100 transfusions, he hopes to walk again one day with the help of prosthetic limbs. What’s more, he just wanted to put the whole incident behind him so that he could move forward. But, Aguilera would ruin that for him too.