Center to be named in memory of one family’s daughter
On March 2, 2006, Ashlyn Dyer was the victim of a hit-and-run accident while running through the Presidio in San Francisco.
After spending 10 days in the hospital on life support, Ashlyn passed away as a result of her severe traumatic brain injury. She was 27 years old.
The Dyer family lives in California and Phoenix and decided they wanted to leave some kind of legacy for Ashlyn in both places. They started the Ashlyn Dyer Foundation in California to help raise awareness about traumatic brain injury and have made a generous gift to Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix to build the Ashlyn Dyer Aquatic Center.
“Phoenix has been good to us. A lot of the money that’s been given to our foundation comes from Phoenix, and we want a chance to give it back,” said Ashyln’s mother, Marsha Dyer.
Many hospitals do not have adequate resources to treat the patients who come through their doors with traumatic brain injury. More than 50,000 people die each year from these injuries and at least 5.3 million Americans are living with disabilities related to their injuries.
Marsha says that Ashlyn was an avid swimmer and that if she had lived; she would have been using the new pool at Barrow Neurological Institute as part of her rehabilitation.
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