After Her Husband and Son Were Tragically Killed, This Woman Wants You to See What Drunk Driving Can Do

By Alessia Santoro

Kristian Guerrero's story is the type that makes you instantly well up with tears, hug your babies tight, and ask yourself, "Why did this have to happen?" The short answer in Kristian's case, is that someone decided they were OK to drive after drinking, and now the grieving wife and mother is paying the price for that person's thoughtless act.

On Aug. 2, Kristian, who was five months pregnant with a little boy, was driving with her husband, Fabian, when they were struck head on by a drunk driver. Fabian and the couple's unborn son were both killed, and after 24 hours of an induced labor, Kristian was finally able to hold her baby boy. She shared a raw photo of this heart-wrenching moment to Facebook alongside a photo of the crash and a post urging readers to never drink and drive.

This is what being in an induced labor for almost 24 hrs after surviving a car crash that killed my husband and my son looks like. All because someone thought it was OK to get wasted and drive. It's not OK.

It IS OK to stop a friend from driving, it IS OK to take someone's keys away from them when they're showing signs of being drunk. And it IS OK to pick up the phone and call for a ride if you find yourself feeling a little too tipsy. It's not a sign of weakness. It's a sign of maturity to be honest with yourself and know the consequences of driving drunk outweigh any kind of shame you might feel admitting you're too drunk to drive. What's not OK is spending the rest of your life with the guilt of knowing you've taken someone's life away before they even got a chance to be in this world. It's not worth it. Don't drink and drive.

Kristian believes she survived the crash for a reason and through her grief is using her story to help others. "I will continue to spread awareness and share this story until the day I die in hopes it prevents anyone else from feeling the pain I walk around with every day," she wrote. "I refuse to let my husband and my sons deaths be in vain."