Dear PWOTW,

My name is Melissa Kagan, and I am a 21 year old college student.
I do not have a website, but I do have an interesting story to share. I
have had a learning disability for many years, and I have still
completed much school. Currently, I am attending Marshall University in
Huntington, West Virginia, and I seem to be doing pretty well in my
classes. I am the recent survivor of a horrible car accident, back in
May of 1998. I did not think rationally that night due to a fight with
my x-boyfriend, and I attempted to drive myself home from a bar after
drinking a little bit too much. I had to take the highway home, and had
my accident on the exit ramp. I ran a stop-sign on the end of the ramp,
and then I ran into a cement wall traveling around 60-70 miles per
hour in my Honda Prelude. I suffered a pretty major head injury, and
then I was in a coma for over 3 weeks after the accident. I mainly
damaged the right side of the front of my head, which caused a
short-term memory loss to occur. I have forgotten many of the details
of the happenings in my life during the last few years; I mainly only
remember long-term details and happenings. I am now starting over
though, and I am attending a very good college in order to prepare for
what I hope will be a very good and meaningful life. I have gotten very
wise on the fact that drinking and driving do NOT go along together;
that combination can be very dangerous to my health and/or the health
and safty of others. I feel like a very phenomenal woman who has been
through a lot, and is still kicking.

Sincerely,
Melissa Kagan