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Hazleton Students Awarded for Producing PSA

Hazleton Students Awarded for Producing PSA - Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at 04:09AM EST

Reported by: Andy Mehalshick
Tuesday May 11 2010
HAZLETON, LUZERNE COUNTY -- Its a story of saving lives after the deaths of two Luzerne County teenagers.

Paul Penkala and Steven Geraci from Hazleton were killed in a violent crash in 2008. Their friends and classmates wanted to do something to honor the boys and spare other families from the pain they've suffered.

The students put together a public service message that will be heard around the entire state. That message is very clear: Don't drink and drive. It ends lives. It ends friendships.

16-year-old Paul Penkala and Steve Geraci lost their lives a windy road in Columbia County. Three other passengers survived the wreck, caused by speeding.

Tuesday their friends and classmates were honored by PennDOT for a radio public service announcement they produced to get the word out to drive safe and don't drive drunk.

"I lost my best friends, Steve and Paul. 40,000 people die each year in car crashes. 40,000 best friends die each year in car crashes. 40,000 sons. 40,000 stories left untold," said Sean Bromiley, a senior at Hazleton Area High School

PennDOT came to Hazleton Area Tuesday to give the first place award to these students. "We want other people to understand that this is real. Car accidents happen. Theyre not just seen in the movies, like big explosions, and it's over. It's something you'll carry in your life forever," adds Bromiley.

The PSA will now be heard by hundreds of thousands of people all across Pennsylvania. One of the students who produced that PSA, Erhan Isiliam, was in the car that day.
 


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