On Saturday evening, May 10th, 2008, 32–year-old Neal Ahearn left his AA meeting early to go find a party. “I'm not going to quit drinking because I loved drinking. You know, I loved drinking. And I thought ‘well, I'm going to drink,’” said Neal. There were no witnesses to the crash but at the scene local fire and rescue found Neal lying on the pavement, with massive head injuries. He was taken to the local hospital, to be flown to Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, North Carolina. His parents, Diane and Mike, got there in time to see their son.