A Father’s Dread: Grieving Dad Turns Agony to Activism for ‘Incredible’ Daughter

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By Jay HightmanJun 18, 2023, 4:01 am311 pts
It will be four years, on June 24th, that my 20-year-old daughter Robyn lost their life doing bicycle messenger work in New York City, when a for-hire driver blocked the bicycle lane and the speeding distracted driver of a box truck knocked them to the ground and then crushed them into the road. A cabbie had…

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