YOUTH-Turn® is a program of National Organizations for Youth Safety®, is a resource focused on helping teens and young
adults turn adversity into educational and constructive opportunities
that will prevent similar adversities from happening to someone else.
Featured Youth-Turn Story
Tyler Presnell
Tyler
Presnell took the brunt of a 70 mph crash into a telephone pole in a
horrific crash at age 14 in Vancouver, Washington. Presnell survived
and recently began to publicly talk about it. "I feel like I was kept
alive to try to save people," he said. Presnell, who walks with a limp
because his lower right leg is paralyzed and has survived 22 surgeries,
says that surviving has turned him into a passionate preacher to teens,
and he implores teens to speak up if a supposedly cool driver is
driving dangerously. Tyler also encourages teens to wear a seat belt
(he was the only one of six in the car who didn't). “I used to be
angry and ask why God did this to me. Now I ask why he’s blessed me
with this.”