Nancy moore thurmond deaths
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STROM THURMOND'S DAUGHTER DIES AFTER BEING HIT BY CAR
Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: THURSDAY, April 15, 1993 TAG: 9304150237 SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C2 EDITION: METRO SOURCE: Associated Press DATELINE: COLUMBIA, S.C. LENGTH: Short
U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond's daughter died Wednesday from injuries caused when a car struck her as she was crossing the street.
Nancy Moore Thurmond, 22, suffered massive head injuries, internal bleeding and multiple internal injuries, said Chris Simpson, a family spokesman. She died at Richland Memorial Hospital.
Thurmond was hit as she crossed a street in the city's Five Points neighborhood Tuesday evening, police said.
Police were considering charges against the driver, whose name was not released, said city spokeswoman Gwen Foushee.
Thurmond; his wife, Nancy, from whom he is separated; and all three of the couple's younger children were at the hospital, said hospital spokesman Andrew Mills.
The f
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Koenig gets two years in death of senator's daughter
COLUMBIA - A tearful Corrinne Koenig was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison for vehicular involuntary manslaughter in the death of U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond's daughter.
Koenig, 36, who had originally been charged with felony driving under the influence and reckless homicide, entered a last-minute guilty plea to the lesser charge just before lawyers were to present opening arguments to the jury. Koenig's decision not to take her case to the jury followed a series of rulings against her by Circuit Judge Ralph King Anderson, including allowing prosecutors to tell jurors that Koenig had a blood alcohol level of 0.16, well above the .10 level considered resonable evidence of impairment. Koenig's car struck and killed Nancy Moore Thurmond, a 22-year-old student at the University of South Carolina, at about 10:30 p.m. April 13, as she jaywalked across a busy downtown street. Fifth Circuit Solicitor Dick Harpootlian said Miss Thu
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Proclamation 6548—Nancy Moore Thurmond National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week, 1993
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
On April 14, 1993, the promising life of Nancy Moore Thurmond was taken in an auto accident. In the heartbreaking moments after her death, Nancy's parents, medlem av senat Strom Thurmond and his wife Nancy, made the decision that their daughter's organs should be donated to others. Through this selfless act, the Thurmonds redeemed the promise of Nancy Moore Thurmond's ungdom and helped to sustain the lives of other human beings. In memory of Nancy, we commit ourselves this week to understanding what the gåva of organs can mean.
In the history of medicin, few advances have been more awe-inspiring than successful organ and tissue transplants. In recent years we have seen the miracle of terminally ill patients receiving a second chance at life with a new heart, liver, lung, or kidney. We have seen children with leukemia regain