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Families who have lost loved ones to traffic accidents gathered at Alice Birney field Saturday to remember the lives lost.258 pairs of shoes were laid out, each pair representing one person who was killed in a traffic accident while they were walking or biking.Names and photos of those lost also were displayed for the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.
They are wanting to make change. It's a day we get to talk about our people because we don't get to talk about our people every day. And it's a day where we can actually do something about their deaths. We don't, nobody in our group or anybody who has lost all going in a traffic crash or survived a crash wants it to be in vain.
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