Party Attendee
4/4/2016 09:18:45 pm
I was there that night. Your story is some what true but a little off. There is so much more to it. The real story is so much bigger and started long before that night. Mitch, Travis and Trevor were kicked out of the party because Mitch stood up for a kid that was not considered cool and we then all got kicked out. Yes they provided the beer but unfortunately not because they wanted to. We weren't invited and they made that clear. The only reason why we were able to be there is because of the girls we were with. They stayed and we were all kicked out. John Sandberg is a piece of $#!+ regardless but the story is so much bigger than the party at John Sandberg's house . I will probably never be able to give you the answers you're looking for but if and when you want more please don't hesitate to reach out. [email protected]. Btw, if you were looking to change the lives of others when you didn't put macup on Travis, I would have to say that it helped. There deaths changed my life and made it so I am here to be happy with 2 kids and my wife today. At first I was mad but in the end I appreciate it. Thank you and know that I loved them all so much and will never forget about them as long as I live.
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Jeannie McNamara
4/5/2016 06:29:45 pm
Dear [email protected]/
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Jeannie McNamara
4/4/2019 10:22:26 am
[email protected] today is the 21st Anniversary of Travis, Trevor & Mitch's Death; I still have so many UNANSWERED Questions. (763) 567-3117.....PLEASE Call Me!!!! TY
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I also attended party
3/6/2020 01:11:59 pm
I just happened to find this website because i was retelling this story today to my co worker, i too was at that party and at that time John Sandberg and i were friends, i dont know how much help i can be but am definitely willing to tell you what i remember, i have worked lnong and hard to leave all of my no good friends in the past and have no communication with them so i would like to leave my name out of it but i will check the "notify me of new comments by email" and if you still need answers respond to this and we can try to figure something out. I am so sorry for all the pain and suffering you have indured, if i can help you find peace i definitely will. Take care
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Anonymous
3/31/2020 10:08:21 pm
Please call or email jeannie. She will respond. She just wants to know.
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Jeannie
4/2/2020 09:39:27 am
I just got a notice of your reply even though your sent it March 6th. As you know their 22nd ANGEL Day is in 2 days. I am still NO closer to accepting my son's death than I was 22-yrs. ago. I am still di desperately looking for answers. My email is [email protected] & phone # (763) 567-3117. Please do contact me. TY
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Also attended the party
12/28/2020 09:20:16 am
I was at the party too and left pretty early. I’ve heard rumor through the years that they were racing a carload of guys from coon rapids heading back up Hanson and that the people they were racing watched it happen. I don’t know if anyone else has heard this rumor or whether it’s true or not. It’s tragic and the event changed the lives of so many people. I’m sorry for your loss and I hope you can find the answers that you deserve.
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Jeannie
12/28/2020 02:52:03 pm
A couple years back, Travis' brother Andy came to me & told me a female acquaintance of his told him her boyfriend asked her to tell Andy about the drag racing event, because he was tired of holding it in (allegedly he was the front seat passenger in the car Mitch was drag racing with). He said that Mitch was in the left on coming traffic lane while racing & met an on coming car & swerved left to miss the on coming car & hit the steel utility pole going 65 mph. After seeing Mitch hit the pole they kept on going because they to had been drinking & didn't want to get in legal trouble. Andy asked his female acquaintance telling him her boyfriends story of the drag racing if she could get her boyfriend to meet with Andy & personally tell Andy the story himself. The boyfriend refused to meet Andy or even just talk to him over the phone. I mentioned the Story to my nephew Bryan & he didn't believe there to be any truth to it. And because the boyfriend refused to talk to Andy, he too doesn't believe there to be any truth in it. I myself DON'T know what I believe.
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Matthew Thompson
10/25/2021 10:32:20 am
I grew up with travis i distinctly remember finding out about the accident while in school in st Paul he still runs through my mind to this day we skated together but his passing has lead me to never drink and drive
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Jeannie
10/25/2021 04:20:35 pm
Matthew, I can NEVER hear too many Stories of Travis, They help keep his Memory ALIVE; so I live for them. With that said, when you say y'all skated together, do you mean skateboarding? Travis did love to Skateboard. So if you have any Stories of Travis please DON'T be shy. My email is '[email protected]' & cell (763) 567-3117. Thanx
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Adrian DelCampo
3/8/2023 03:28:30 pm
Dear Jeannie,
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Jeannie McNamara
3/23/2023 12:15:57 am
TY for reaching out to me & for your kind words Adrian.. April 4th (13-short days away) marks the 25th Anniversary of that fateful when Travis, Mitch & Trevor ALL gained their wings & I still have gotten NO answers. I'm stuck in the ANGRY Stage of Grief & will NEVER accept Travis is gone & now a TeenAngel who's NOT comng home ever. I should take comfort in knowing Travis is in a better place & home with his maker, but I DON'T. I am ANGRY that God has got to have Travis up in Heaven with him 6-yrs. longer than I was allowed to have him down here on Earth with me. In the 25-yrs. since Travis was killed I've been hospitalized over a dozen times. 7 of those times were commitments (4 of the commitments were because of Suicide attempts). In one my commitments, after a suicide attempt, I was forced to undergo 35 ECT treatments AGAINST my will (my 20-yr. old son acting as my Health Care Agent consented for the treatments unaware that I was admament against them). As a result, I sustained major memory loss brain damage (it took me a month to remember my name was Jeannie). I also began suffering violent fits of rage. My 3-wk. commitment turned 4-months. Today (23-yrs. later), I am disabled & unemployable because of ECT.; I suffer short term memory loss & still have violent fits of rage if I don't remember to take my mood stabilizer meds that control them. I have NO legal course of action I can take against the Dr. who performed my ECT treaments because ECT is considered experimental. I have 4 College degrees yet I am unemployable.I've actually lost 3-Loved ones to DD's. My Husband Donnie was mowed over backwards off his sled by a Drunk Snowmobiler 1-24-93. Tbe Snowmobiler NEVER looked back let alone stop. He left Donnie in the cold snow to die. For that he received a 1-yr. jail Sentence in the County Work House before where he was allowed work.release from 6am-6pm Mon-Sat. Never mind that besides Hit & Run to Donnie, he was 4-months into probation on his 9th DWI, that he eluded Lae Enforcement for 4 1/2 hours before he turned himself in, that his BAC was .238 when he turned himself in & 11-yrs. earlier (1982) he injured an elderly couple so severely while driving Drunk that they died 6 & 7 days later. A 1-yr. Jail Sentence w/all these strikes against him was a mere slap on the wrist. Then 3-11-13 my Brother David was killed by his Best friend when while driving Drunk the friend lost control of his vehicle going around a corner at a high speed,became airborne & slamed into a tree. The friend received a 6-month house arrest sentence. Donnie, Travis & David ALL suffered the same Fatal heart injury (their aorta was ripped from their heart).With the aorta no longer attached to their heart to direct their blood, w/each beat of their heart, blood was pumped into their lungs. They all suffered immensely in unbarable pain until15-minutes later the heart had pumped enough blood into their lungs that they all drowned in their own blood. To be made to endure the pain of losing a loved one in this manner just once is a bad enough, but to be made to endure that kind of pain 3 times over is just plain inhumane.. Then to stand by helplessly & watch NO Justice be served in any of my 3 loved ones death's is a terrible punishment. Donnie, Travis & David ALL received a death sentence. They died in vain & are 6' under while their Killer's ultimately got away with Murder. They are all living, breathing, & walking the face of the Earth. Ultimately getting with Murder 30, 25 & 10-yrs. later. Hardly seems Fair don't you think? If you ever want to read about my journey with Grief, my story 'FOREVER Twice Broken,' is published in Grief Diaries: Shattered (part of the 5-Star Award Winning Grief Diaries Series by Lynda Fell & published by Aly Blu Media. Myself, along with 24 other authors tell of the aftermath of losing a loved one to alcohol impaired driver's. My story is the 8th story in the book & I go by the Pen Name Deirdra Rose (Deidrq means the Grieving One & Rose because Rose's were both Donnie & Travis' FAVORITE Flower. The book won't leave you disappointed (or dry eyed), I promise. Again,Ty for reaching out to me. Love & God Bless Adrian, Take Care
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