Summer 2012 - Robert Morris University

Hometown Heroes
Two tragedies motivated twin brothers Dwan and
Donald Walker, fellow alumni from the Class of '99,
to make a change in their hometown of Aliquippa.
The first was in May 2009, when a 15-year-old Aliquippa resident was
struck and killed by a car driven by another teenager, who was
intoxicated. Diedre, the Walkers' younger sister, urged Dwan, a hefty,
gregarious man, to speak at the boy's wake to young people who were
crying and trying to make sense of the tragedy. Reluctantly, he approached
them and told them that they could prevent future tragedies by keeping
themselves and their friends from making foolish choices.
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