Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2018. There has been much speculation that Diane planned to kill herself and the children that day. This video answers the questions: Can I analyze the mental health and personality factors that may be at work in the Diane Schuler case? Daniel Schuler has maintained a round-the-clock vigil at Bryans bedside since the crash. Diane's niece died in the hospital . Because we have never known Diane to be anything but a responsible and caring mother and aunt, this toxicology report raises more questions than it provides answers for the accident., Jackies mom, Phyllis Spagnuolo, told The Post, The Hance family had no idea of what went on on the other side of the family. Diane, her daughter, and two of her nieces died immediately upon impact. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. There is no greater pain than having lost my father and brother from the senseless act of a drunk driver. "Diane could not forgive her mother or herself," he said. Every theory has a credible source. If the driver were alive today the charges would have been second-degree murder, Anolik said. The Bastardi family are right in wanting justice. And investigators were not advised by Barbara when Schuler would be made available for an interview. Around 9:30 a.m. Diane, along with her 5-year-old son Bryan, her 2-year-old daughter Erin, and her three nieces (8-year-old Emma, Emma, 7-year-old Alyson, and 5-year-old Kate) left the camp. . "Wrong way Mom Drunk and High". Garbus attempts to piece together the psychological puzzle of Schuler's state of mind before the 2009 accident, one of the worst in state history. . The rabid defense of a woman who chose to drive drunk and high with five little ones in her car, her shady husband who's trying to cover his own ass and make a little money on the side, Diane's brother Warren who likely knew she was stoned out of her mind and thought he'd save her from a DUI. 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, Select a location to see product availability. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. "When people feel burdened and depressed and hopeless," she said, "it's not shameful to reach out and get help. By JOHN VALENTI john.valenti@newsday.com July 25, 2011. Just like everyone else, this is news to us They were very friendly. LOVING WIFE AND MOTHER DIANE E NOV 13, 1972 - JULY 26, 2009 DADDYS LITTLE GIRL BEAUTIFUL BABY SISTER . Michael Bastardi Jr. On July 26, 2009 Diane Schuler packed up the campsite, piled five children into her minivan and headed for home on Long Island after a weekend of camping, a drive that should have taken two hours from upstate, NY. Comment. Daniel Schuler and Barbara publicly attributed Diane Schuler's erratic driving to a medical issue, such as a stroke. Besides her parents, she is predeceased by her daughter, Diane E. Hance-Schuler, granddaughters, Erin M. Schuler, Emma, Alyson, and Kate Hance. Friends and family held a prayer service on Monday night at Our Lady of Victory church in Floral Park, L.I., where sobbing parishioners passed around tissue boxes and leaned on each other for support. Does that make one way better or more right than the other? The vehicles seemed to explode as they hit. Some of the other reviews suggest that the anger that Jeanne Bastardi documents is unwarranted. On that bright sunny day 10 years ago, families were shattered in a fiery crash that killed . Her aunt is the only person who even mentions her. I truely feel for their loss and pain. I know this family wants justice. Jackie Hance, Diane Schuler's sister-in-law and the mother of three of the children killed in the accident, published the novel "I'll See You Again" in 2013. The film, which will air every Monday night until Aug. 15., portrays the 36-year-old "super mom" as a control freak haunted by a dark past: Her mother abandoned Schuler when she was 9. "She lost touch with reality," he speculated. The end of the book reveals Mike Bastardi's own theory about how Diane Schuler came to be driving drunk and stoned at 85 mph in the wrong direction. Instead, Schuler earned a top salary as a cable-TV executive, was a take-charge wife, raised two impeccably dressed children and volunteered enthusiastically at their school. "That is not consistent with who Diane was," Bursztajn said. Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon, Dog Ear Publishing, LLC (August 23, 2011). Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? Jackie wrote about her anger and rage at Diane for "murdering" her girls when the toxicoligy reports came out. Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2013. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. The HBO documentary There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane attempted to give us insight as to what motivated Diane Schuler's unthinkable actions on July 26th 2009. Eventually, she collided with an SUV, killing the four children she had in the car with her, the three adults in the other car, and herself. This made me instantly suspect that there were marital troubles. . After crossing the Tappan Zee Bridge headed into Westchester County, Schuler called her brother to say she felt disoriented and was having trouble seeing. The Long Island mother was driving home from a camping trip when she got on the Taconic and drove nearly two miles in the wrong direction before plowing head-on into an SUV. You really get a sense of the family's grief, particularly the son who lost his father and brother. "She didn't indicate specifically what was bothering her, but obviously something was wrong because her brother did ask her to pull over," said State Trooper James Murphy, lead investigator into Westchester's worst highway accident in 75 years. Family and friends are coming together online to create a special keepsake. The purse: In the documentary pause it at the photo of the Vodka bottle. Also, I havent seen any statement by Daniel lSchuler saying he was driving back home to Long Island at the same time that his wife was.]. Psychiatrist Bursztajn said Schuler was the worst kind of perfectionist who learned to self medicate. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. The Hances were a working class suburban clan, and Diane's dad began to rely upon his daughter to care for her siblings, and the house, and meals. For the last couple of months, she didnt appear to be a happy woman.. ; please feel free to email the website for information. Hance's sister-in-law Diane Schuler drove the wrong way on New York's Taconic State Parkway and crashed . Weve updated the security on the site. Eileen K. McKeough, 69, of Torrington, CT, passed away unexpectedly, Sunday, October 5, 2013 after being stricken at the home of her brother, Joe in Stony Creek. Born September 14, 1944 in Rockville Centre, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Eileen (Robinson) McKeough of Floral Park and Stony Creek. She warns that not all those who have upsets in life will end up like Schuler. Absolutely not with Pot on board. "All of us are very, very sad for the loss of the little girls, and our hearts go out to the family," she said. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. But owner Ann Scott insisted that such revelers are immediately thrown off the premises. always there for me. "People said she seemed so normal," Bernstein said. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. You really get a sense of the family's grief, particularly the son who lost his father and brother. One of the saddest news stories of the summer just got sadder the husband of Diane Schuler, whose wrong-way drunk-driving crash killed her and seven others, tells New York Magazine he still . Eventually, she slammed head-on into another vehicle, killing Guy Bastardi, 43, his father Michael Bastardi, 81, and a family friend, Daniel Longo, 72. The story of Diane Schuler is a sobering account of how dangerous the hidden life of functional addiction can be. Large pictures of the victims were at the altar. Learn more about managing a memorial . . Today marks the two year anniversary of the tragedy, and now, an HBO documentary, "There's Something Wrong With Aunt Diane," asks if Diane Schuler's obsessive perfectionism may have contributed to the crash. I think what was really going on was that they were so much in grief and were just not able to come forward. Her minivan collided with an SUV, resulting in the deaths of Schuler, her daughter, her three nieces, and three passengers in the other car. In the film, Bastardi's daughters say they have forgiven Diane Schuler, but not Daniel and Jay Schuler for denying her guilt in the crash. Diane was a 36-year-old account executive, bringing home around $100,000 at the time of the crash. For the first time, filmmaker Garbus interviews eyewitnesses, first responders, investigators and medical and psychiatric experts and draws on surveillance footage, family photos, news clips and expert testimony to explore events surrounding the crash to see how things went so wrong. Thanks for contacting us. The Hances were Diane Schulers family. "We are awaiting autopsy reports and toxicology reports.". The truth that Daniel Schuler, Dianne's husband, has tried so hard to hide from the world and probably from himself is coming out. He died, along with his father, Michael Bastardi, 81, and friend Daniel Longo, 74, all of Yonkers. Schuler had entered the highway on an exit rampway and drove two miles in the wrong lane. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. I always drank vodka at that time of day because it was much less detectable to those around me. ", "Too young, and too soon," the Rev. Had she sought help, the tragedy might have been averted. Diane Schuler, 36who died in the wrong-way crash on the Taconic Parkwayrecently seemed under pressure, like work and family were getting to her, said the pal, Sheila, who asked that her last name be withheld. In the smoldering vehicle and twisted metal scattered along the highway, lay the bodies of eight people. Scott also said Schuler appeared sober the morning she drove away with the kids and was not known to have boozed at the site. Schuler's family has rallied around the woman blamed for killing eight people, including herself, her daughter, three nieces and three men in a head-on collision on the Taconic State Parkway July 26. Schuler, her daughter . based on information from your browser. State police who went to Mr. Schuler's home for a pre-arranged interview yesterday were rebuffed. Family members linked to this person will appear here. Several drivers flashed their lights and honked to get Schuler's attention. Rather it is, one suspects much like the Bastardis themselves, straightforward, plain-speaking and matter of fact. If you are looking for answers or some information not found elsewhere, this is not the book for you. She didnt just wake up one morning with a drug problem and capable of drinking that much alcohol. Anolik spoke to reporters after a morning meeting with the Westchester County district attorney. People who knew her reported her to be a devoted mother and wife, and a credit to her job. Diane Schuler was a mother of two small children who loaded her own kids and three others into her minivan for a long drive home from a camping trip. The film follows Schuler's husband, Daniel, and her sister-in-law, Jay Schuler, who for two years have been trying to clear her name, insisting a medical emergency was to blame. Her marriage seemed a bit rocky, and I think she felt trapped by it, the friend said of Schulers relationship with her husband, Daniel, a Nassau County public-safety officer. But everything had gone drastically awry in the life of Diane Schuler on Sunday, between 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 in that afternoon. "It's a terrible tragedy," Tom Ruskin, who was hired by the Schulers to investigate the accident, told the Post. "These are three kids that are saints and angels. Police said at least six separate witnesses called 911 to report a van driving the wrong way. Schuler, a 36-year-old Long Island mother of two, was at the wheel, drunk and high, headed south at 70 mph in the northbound lane. I bought this book to see the Bastardi family's side of things. She doesn't call her husband, she calls her brother Warren who does nothing for two hours knowing his three little girls are in that van. 0 cemeteries found in Westbury, Nassau County, New York, USA. He said Diane Schuler took the five children in her car that day because everyone trusts her with kids She drives 40 miles an hour.. Witnesses said her driving was not erratic but rather she drove deliberately down the fast lane with determined eyes. I disagree and found the book reveals the helplessness that her family feel at losing loved ones at the hand of a proven drunk and drugged driver, and their pain at not being able to get the answers they deserve. Daniel Schuler has maintained a round-the-clock vigil at Bryans bedside since the crash. The Evidence That Diane Schuler May Have Experienced Auto Brewery Syndrome. Daniel says in the documentary that he never wanted kids. "I made many efforts," her mother, Eileen, tells me. Try again later. "This is a road she could have done blindfolded," she said. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club thats right for you for free. Theres no way my husband would abandon me in order to go fishing or go home to conclude a family camping trip. The birth of Kasey Rose came after Jackie had been pushed to the brink of taking her own life due to the grief from the loss of their daughters, Emma, 8; Alyson . "It's very tragic," the friend said. I'm sorry but losing your three babies is very different than losing your elderly father yet they never allowed Jackie those feelings. Jeanne Bastardi has written "The Taconic Tragedy A Son's Search for the Truth" based on the actual seven person homicide that took the lives of her husband's Father, Brother, and Friend. This is a carousel with slides. for more information visit taconictragedy.us. Schuler's neighbor and friend, Lisa Acosta, 42, said the family likes the outdoors and went camping almost every weekend in upstate Monticello. s.24: "She stated that the driver was not swerving". Five young children were in the car as well: her son, her daughter and three nieces. I hope someday this mystery gets untangled. At 9:30am on July 26, 2009, Diane Schuler loaded up her two children (ages five and two) along with her brother's, Warren Hance, three daughters (ages eight, seven, and five) into her brother's red 2003 Ford Windstar and left the Hunter Lake Campground to start the journey to West Babylon, New York. If he knew his wife was a heavy drinker or a functioning alcoholic, why did he let her drive a van full of kids? This condition would account Diane's apparent lack of prior alcoholic behaviors. Nearly two years ago, Diane Schuler drove the wrong way on the Taconic Parkway in New York and crashed her minivan into an oncoming S.U.V. The sadness of course is that no-one will ever know exactly what happened in the days leading up to and following the crash. Please use a different way to share. There was a problem loading your book clubs. Schuler crashed about four hours after leaving a Sullivan County campground at around 9:30 a.m. as she was taking the kids back home. Hes facing possible lawsuits for the deaths of several people. The whole story smells rotten. . As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? I highly recommend reading if you're interested in this case, it gives some amazing insight into the effects the accident had on the surviving family members. Try again later. Additional reporting by Amber Sutherland, Rebecca Rosenberg, Kieran Crowley, Perry Chiaramonte and Larry Celona. Recommended. Judging from Daniel Schulers recent pictures and the one (attached here) where hes walking and talking with a lawyer, he seems like a guy whos protecting himself from lawsuits.