Elizabeth Garrett uses a walker to get around her condo near Boca Ciega Bay. She recently sold her car after getting a notice from the state that she would have to take a test to keep her license.
How old is too old to drive? That's a dilemma many seniors grapple with daily. Teenagers, as a group, have more accidents. But seniors, faced with deteriorating eyesight, hearing, reflexes and concentration, must decide when it's time to turn in their keys. And the decision is even harder when that car means freedom.
First the work disappeared and the income dried up. Then the water and electricity were turned off. Then the state took Steve and Angela Atherton's kids.
Kids have been abused throughout the 100-year history of the state's oldest reform school, through cycle after cycle of investigation and reform. But what is the school like today?