No 21st Birthday

So today is Phil Diaferio's 21st birthday. He should be celebrating with his friends and family but he's at the cemetery. He's been there since November and will be there for a really long time. He died on the 24th of November 2007 and today is his 21st birthday. He was driving with a few of his friends but they were going too fast and Phil had been drinking and they crashed into a guardrail right after Twist Run. It was also really slippery which also caused the car to crash. The day of the funeral was a horrible day because my best friend lost her brother and her parents lost their son. He was also in Iraq which to me seemed really ironic because he could have died there but instead it was here. I couldn't imagine hearing that my brother/son died. I heard about it really soon. I was with Kate, my best friend, and she had dropped me off and about an hour later, called me to say her brother died in an accident. It was so shocking but it's what God had planned for him. I have placed flowers near the accident scene many times and visited him at the cemetery. I never met him but just from the pictures I saw and the things I heard about him, he was a great kid, brother, and son.

Happy 21st Birthday Philly! I hope you have a great birthday up there.....

Phil,
Please keep Kate safe and I know you're looking down on us.

*If you find a penny heads up, keep it because it's Philly just saying hello*