Search results
› Parents
On Aug. 20, 1987, a drunken driver, Greg Kuszajewski, crashed into an Oldsmobile driven by John and Anne Kasich in McKees Rocks. Kasich’s parents had stopped at a Burger King for a cup of...
He drifted away from his religion as an adult, but came to embrace an Anglican faith after his parents were killed in a car crash by a drunk driver on August 20, 1987. [283] [284] [285] [286] He joined the Episcopal Church as an adult.
“I have no idea what to say to you,” Kasich said before sharing more of his own experience: His parents were killed by a drunk driver, causing him to turn religion.
5. After his parents were killed by a drunk driver in 1987, the tragedy reoriented his faith life. He said the untimely death of his parents made him reevaluate his entire conceptions about God and faith and that he had to start over at ground zero with, "Does God exist?" Kasich has said the more he "wrestles with his faith, the stronger I get."
Ohio Gov. John Kasich, then a congressman from Westerville, remembers getting a call in Washington that night, too. "There's been a terrible accident. Your father's dead.
Kasich’s parents were killed by a drunk driver in 1987, a tragedy he credits with helping him to rediscover his faith.
At the CNN town hall, presidential candidate John Kasich discussed the death of his parents at the hands of a drunk driver and the impact of fatherhood on his life. 01:50 - Source: CNN
