USA First Lady Dr. Jill Biden and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff

Dear First Lady Casey DeSantis,
I am an ambassador for the Drug Epidemic Memorial Walls. I lost my beautiful son,
Anthony aka Tony, who is forever 32. He lived in Pinellas County, Palm Harbor, Florida,
the town next to Dunedin, where our Honorable Governor is from. He was poisoned by
fentanyl, and we remain devastated. We loved him dearly.
Tony was the kindest and most empathetic person I have ever known. We called him our
“Good Samaritan”. He was always helping others. He always thought of others, before
himself, friend to everyone, never met a stranger, and constantly tried to help others. At
his funeral, the Priest recalled a time he was picking fruit for elders with some of his
classmates from Catholic school. One of the classmates was cold, Tony took off his
sweater and gave it to him. I witnessed this many times, over and over, with jackets,
shoes, belts, t-shirts, etc. He was a Giver. The world lost this beautiful helper on
12/18/2019. He never wanted to leave us. He loved life. His beautiful smile could light up
any room. He deserved to live a long life. His family still grieves for him and will for the
rest of their lives.
I know you have 3 beautiful children. You know the love; a mother has for their child. I only
have memories of my Tony. No parent deserves to lose their child. We need your help.
Would you assist us in finding a permanent location for a Drug Epidemic Memorial Wall
within our Capitol? We have created two memorial Walls. One with photos and one with
names. I am including Tony’s frame, below. I am also including the brochure of virtual
memorial walls, albums, and our awareness campaign.
These digital walls and albums update automatically. We would also like the photos
displayed in hard copy format. The wall of names can be projected on a wall so families
can touch their loved one's name. We would like our loved ones to be treated like victims.
They were all victims of Purdue Pharma (an
American cartel) and many others. Now, they are victims of Chinese and the Mexican
Cartels. We are using the word “drugism” for the prejudice toward drug users - like racism.
A group of our Florida moms would love to meet with you and work together to prevent
this from happening ever again. To save other mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers,
grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, friends and relatives from the
never-ending pain and heartache of not having your loved one here on earth. To know
their lives were ended and could have been prevented.
Sincerely,
Terri Bolander
Palm Harbor, FL 249