TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — There is a new billboard display at the intersection of South Dale Mabry Highway and West Swann Avenue.
It’s a warning about the dangers of fentanyl organized by people who lost their loved ones to drugs.
Debra Flanigan, from Riverview, is one of the mothers involved. She said her life turned upside down the day her daughter Casey died from an accidental fentanyl overdose.
“Still to this day, I think it’s a nightmare,” Casey’s mother, Debra Flanigan, said. “That she’s just going to walk in the door and say, ‘Hey Mom, I’m home,’” but that’s never going to happen.”
She’s found purpose in showing Casey’s name and face on billboards across America.
“Sometimes I have to slow down because I do have stage four cancer, but I have to fight for my daughter. I have to help fight for others,” Flanigan said.
Casey was Flanigan’s caretaker with dreams of becoming a lawyer. But Flanigan said everything changed because of a fake pill.
“Just be aware of what your kids are taking,” Flanigan said. “They might not even know.”