I do.). The articles and interview with investigators at a press conference said that Diane had the equivalent of 10 drinks in her system and that a giant empty bottle of Absolut Vodka was found on the floor of the drivers side as witnesses pulled Dianes body out of the burning vehicle. Hello and thank you for being a DL contributor. No one who works with, used to work with, knows, used to know, went to school with or otherwise could dish some gossip on daniel schuler? July 25, 2011 We've received your submission. I don't get it. She didn't feel like dealing with 5 little kids and wasn't looking forward to the boring 2 hour ride home. Sunday morning when she got up she was still drunk from the night before. Michael Bastardi, 81, and his 49-year-old son Guy Bastardi were killed, along with family friend Daniel Longo, 74. Hello and thank you for registering. She also said something to her brother during that last phone call that was probably very telling about her motives. It did show a blood alcohol level of 0.19 and high levels of thc from smoking weed up to 15 minutes before she died. In the L&O episode the Diane character was threatening to whistle blow on the uselessness of an expensive cancer drug her company was promoting, so a co-worker silenced her by covertly getting her drunk and high. The July 26, 2009, crash was one of Westchester County's most horrific. From all the various testimonials about her (like her friends that she cut off because apparently they didn't like Danny), you just see that that woman was a loving mom, but also full of so much rage. That does make the marriage was was in major trouble thing make sense. The film profiles Diane Schuler, who caused the fatal car accident, through interviews with her family members and friends, and attempts to piece together Schuler's actions on the day of the accident, in order to determine why the accident took place. The primary interviewees are Schuler's husband, Daniel, and sister-in-law, Jay, who are convinced that the toxicology report showing Schuler's high level of alcohol and THC intoxication was inaccurate, or that Schuler did not knowingly consume the intoxicants. Five years after a violent wrong-way collision on the Taconic State Parkway killed eight people including four young children a flurry of civil lawsuits stemming from the crash have been dropped or quietly settled, with the terms sealed by a state judge. Thanks for taking the time to write this up. IMO, the most logical explanation is that she was hungover and stopped at McDonalds to get OJ for the vodka we know was in the car, to take the edge off her hangover. And her husband was a lazy prick. Thanks, R21. There are two contradictory sets of questions in the case, depending on who is asking, and Ms. Garbus pursues them all. Now not only is she drunk and high but she's really really mad. No telling what he said/did that morning to set things in motion. Why was she so drunk on a Sunday afternoon? She made twice his salary. She had a lot of pent up rage. There's Something Wrong With Aunt Diane reveals a complex and complicated case - as opposed to one solved by simple or reductive analysis. , and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes. (If you are a man, you will have difficulty achieving or maintaining an erection.) Im just wondering at what point exactly she started what seems to have been a binge? Either seems possible for a drunk person. All Audience. , a documentary on HBO, reveals previously unknown information about that day, and sheds light on the unknown side of Schuler. There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane is a 2011 documentary television film directed by Liz Garbus about the 2009 Taconic State Parkway crash. The film follows Dianes husband and sister-in-law, who have been trying to clear Dianes name ever since her death. And of course, there was the fact that Diane's mother had abandoned Diane and her brothers when Diane was only nine, leaving Diane to become the "woman of the house" to her siblings. Her hands are on the wheel in the 2:00 and 10:00 position. She's really tired from partying all weekend without sleep, thus the iced coffee. But so many who knew Schuler described her as the perfect wife and mother, and so the desperate hunt for answers began. And then there was the pot. Maybe she also doesn't know where her husband is and wants to get home to see if he's there. At one point the retarded hubby said "could she have been hallucinating and drinking vodka thinking it was water?" Thank you, Janice Min. I don't think there's any disputing the outcome here but regardless it's a crazy story and a reasonably well done documentary/movie. All in all, I find this case fascinating but so frustrating because we will never actually know for sure. This article about a historical documentary film is a stub. She could have been black-out drunk. I think something happen on that camping trip, like she found out her waste of space of a husband was having an affair and lost her shit. The amount of booze in her stomach was like 10 shots' worth, not counting what was already metabolized at the time of death. She's going really fast because she just wants to get home and go to bed. Warren, her dad, came in at the end of the conversation and called back at 1:02PM where he spoke to Diane and she was slurring, incoherent and called him Danny. There was actually at least 2 cases in my town where a drunk driver killed themselves and innocent people by driving on the wrong side of the highway. Otherwise, you'll just have to find some other site I think it started to sink in to Jay Schuler toward the end, when the investigator hired by Dominic Barbara (sic?) After watching, I poked around Reddit and was shocked to see that the general consensus seems to be that she over-medicated and went into an incoherent state leading to the crash. Required fields are marked *. The World is Ending: Donating without dignity, Senior skip day: rest day for students, disruptor for teachers, The Student News Site of Thomas S. Wootton High School, Your email address will not be published. I agree that it was likely a murder-suicide. Five young children were in the car as well: her son, her daughter and three nieces. To make matters worse, her son that survived is now taken care of by his dad/ Diane's husband, who is kinda abusive to the son. I agree with most of your points except that I don't think the goal of the documentary filmmakers was to find a medical reason for what she did. She decided she'd have a few belts and a few smokes; no doubt she'd done something like this before and thought she could handle it., that is, driving while intoxicated. She leaves her phone on the barrier on the side of the road. Become a contributor - post when you want with no ads. The World Is Ending: Amazon Rainforest, dying? If this is true, Dumb Danny From Long Guyland is a real asshole for suing the families of the little girls! Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox! Maybe Lawn Guyland Danny can check in here and tell us the answers to all these questions She's still dead r55. Money will out eventually. Well, there are a lot of theories, so I don't subscribe 100% to any of them. God will deal with the rest. During the Taconic State Parkway crash, some eyewitnesses reported Schuler looked calm and in control. There was an interesting discussion on this sub, perhaps last year, where some people who were familiar with heavy marijuana use + high amounts of alcohol being quickly consumed = being super extremely fucked up. If this was a standard ugly crash - fine, I totally buy it. Maybe her husband told her he wanted a divorce or that he never wanted kids. I mean, ALL of that made sense! I think R21 has it. On Sunday, July 26, 2009, Diane Schuler left the campgrounds in upstate New York where she was vacationing with her family and set off towards home on Long Island. If someone had said, "Diane, you're too drunk to drive," someone else would have had to drive a vanload of children. I would side with you that it was murder/suicide. Diane and her husband drank and smoked pot all weekend. Ah, thanks, R73. In subsequent calls, it was clear that something was terribly wrong. The HBO documentary "There's Something Wrong With Aunt Diane" takes a hard look at Diane Schuler's horrifying car crash in 2009, which killed her and seven other people. That last weekend she was stuck with a long drive and five kids while her cluck of a husband took off with just the dog. The decision to leave the phone on the side of the road after the kids alerted one of the relatives to there being something wrong, and then the 2 mile straight, unswerving drive down the wrong side of the highway. Why that weekend though, R58? I tend to think it was intentional, but I don't think it was premeditated. From the movie, "There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane," it did seem like Diane's husband & the sister-in-law were having an affair. Tomatometer 1 Reviews. On July 26, 2011, the day after the premiere of HBO's documentary on the subject, There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane, and on the second anniversary of the crash, Daniel Schuler announced that he is suing the State of New York for not keeping the road safe and his brother-in-law Warren Hance for being the owner of the minivan. Liz Garbus, an Oscar and Emmy nominee for The Farm: Angola, USA, takes a hard look at those questions in a new documentary, Theres Something Wrong With Aunt Diane. It will be shown on HBO on Monday, nearly two years to the day since Ms. Schuler drove the wrong way on the Taconic State Parkway in Westchester County, N.Y., causing the crash that killed her and seven other people, including her daughter and three nieces. Neither of those scenarios make much sense to me. Daniel Schuler and his in-laws, Warren and Jackie Hance, later sued each other over the crash. But when toxicology reports revealed Schuler was heavily intoxicated at the time of the crash, it seemed like an open and closed case of drunk driving. There's Something Wrong With Aunt Diane (2011) From the movie's offset, we know that something terrible has happened. Medical examiners also foundtraces of THCin her system. The dad hastily exited a she wasnt drunk press conference yesterday to be grilled by Nassau County child welfare workers, whom he met at the Westchester hospital where his son, Bryan, 5, was recovering from his injuries. Why dont you try to think more of others next time before you post? This documentary explores the depth behind the case of a woman whose vehicle collision killed numerous people, including herself. HBO's 'There's Something Wrong With Aunt Diane' Documentary examines fatal crash by wrong-way driver on N.Y. highway. I just don't understand how people can think someone goes from driving perfectly fine, using a cell phone totally fine, being "coherent" by all account witnesses, and having experience with heavy drinking, to "she drank herself to the point that she didn't realize she was driving the wrong-way for 2 miles without swerving.". [quote]The McDonalds employees and the camp ground owner also swear that Diane wasnt drunk when they saw and interacted with them that morning. No doubt she was pissed and irritated. Diane Schuler, 30 who died in the wrong-way crash on the Taconic Parkway recently seemed under pressure, like work and family were getting to her, said the pal, Sheila, who asked that her last name be withheld. I remember seeing the husband on Larry King shortly after the accident, and he had so much rage you could have added him to the nuclear stockpile. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. At least two of the calls were to her brother, Warren Hance, the father of three girls who lost their lives. That child knew she was in trouble. For nearly two miles, Schuler was driving the wrong way on the Taconic State Parkway. 13 Streaming Documentaries Guaranteed to Make You Sad, Scared, and Righteously Angry. I can understand her being consumed with grief but it feels like she's holding back and it makes it more tragic. -, Press J to jump to the feed. Your donation will support the student journalists of Thomas S. Wootton High School. "TV review: 'There's Something Wrong With Aunt Diane', "A riveting, in-depth look at eight deaths and one enduring mystery". of undigested alcohol still in her stomach (even after pulling over to vomit twice)so we know she did it. In the aftermath, Diane Schuler was portrayed as a reckless drunk and a mother who cracked. There's Something Wrong With Aunt Diane Reviews. The Laurie Show case from the 90's. She was brutally murdered by the pregnant girlfriend of a boy who sexually assaulted her. I just dont get how she goes from camping every weekend and being a PTA mom who doesnt let the kids out of her sighta great mom (per a neighbor) to purposely terrifying and murdering all the kids, herself, and a handful of drivers. Thats insane. She drank and smoked to give herself courage/numb the pain, and she 100% got on the highway on the wrong side intentionally to kill herself and her kids. But was she the monster the public made her out to be? Maybe all the adults were heavy drinkers and MJ smokers. But the egregious nature of the accident is highly unique. Did he just refuse to say what was said, or was he cagey or obviously lying or what? Would it? 'SOMETHING WRONG WITH AUNT DIANE' By Andrea Peyser August 7, 2009 6:30am IN THE minutes before Diane Schuler drunkenly smashed her vehicle while traveling in the wrong direction on the. (Name will only be used to verify billing.). I don't think it's clear cut at all. In 2011, Liz Garbus directed the film There's Something Wrong With Aunt Diane for HBO, a film that features interviews with Schuler's husband Daniel and her sister-in-law, Jay, who insist that she was not a drinker and couldn't or wouldn't have deliberately put the children in danger. According to the documentary, they simply cannot reconcile the toxicology results with the loving mother and aunt who would never knowingly endanger her children.. She's drinking this vodka quickly and in large gulps because she can't let the kids see this. Audience Score 250+ Ratings. Something probably happened at the camping trip that made her reconsider the entire marriage with Danny - rather than go through a divorce, "lose control" of her marriage and kids, have her children experience a traumatic separation as she did, and leave her kids to an incapable/uninterested father, she decided to remain "in control" and put the kids and herself out of this misery. Yeah, Diane's brother not calling the police right away is the tip off for me that they all knew she was drunk. [2] Premise [ edit] It messed her up. She's not weaving. The debate of the go-to bagel spot in Rockville is storied and complicated. She eventually crashed into an oncoming SUV, which ended up killing herself and seven others. She struck me as someone who worked hard & played hardprobably had a personality disorder or something. Leaving the phone behind on the side of the road and then getting in the minivan with the kids for the final time looks pretty bad. .14 - .19 The "good feelings" of euphoria begin to give way to some negative feelings such as anxiety and restlessness. They don't call 911 or the police because they don't want her to get arrested for a DUI. [quote] Her husband, brother and sister-in-law all know she's impaired but figure it's something she always does so she'll manage. You will have trouble walking or standing and are at a greater risk of hurting yourself physically. Watch Official Trailer, 'There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane". Schuler's son, Bryan, who was 5 at the time, was the only survivor. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. That's always seemed obvious to me r79, she was clearly an undercover alchie. Stay up-to-date on all the latest Rotten Tomatoes news! Families always feed on the carcasses. Schuler, a manager in Cablevisions accounting department, would suck down screwdrivers at a Long Island saloon, where she was a regular the past few years and usually came by herself, her pal said, adding: I wouldnt say she was an alcoholic, but she liked her drinks. R76, I agree with you. I was thrown a little that they showed Diane's corpse at the accident scene. He hopes they will eventually be willing to sit down. The child calls her parents and is crying because Diane is screaming at the kids to shut the hell up. Other excuses for her: she was having a stroke, she was having a seizure, she had diabetes, she had a tooth abscess, she had a cyst on her leg that may be induced a blood clot. You may begin feeling tired because the depressant qualities of alcohol begin to take effect. [R21] sounds like he/she was right in the car! Traces of THC in her body suggested that she had smoked marijuana as recently as 15 minutes before the crash. The three men, all from Yonkers, were on their way to a family cookout in Yorktown. The exchange was reportedly coherent, and Jackie did not indicate anything seemed amiss with Schuler. Thats my theory as to why the brother wont talk about their conversation. She's driving straight ahead probably with one eye closed because she's seeing double. Oh, I'm sure she was bothered; bothered by being left holding the bag while her dipshit husband went on his merry way. No, Emma, the oldest Hance child, called her MOTHER, and it was to her mother she said "there's something wrong with Aunt Diane." This was at 12:58PM. I just assumed anecdotally that it was pretty rare. the Terms and Policies, and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes. I'm watching this now (for the 4th or 5th time) -- where do you see that she was "full of rage? Was she really the reckless drunk, or the perfect suburban mother? The autopsy showed no.traces of Ambien in her system. The film, however, raised more questions than it answered. Wednesday, March 1, 2023: Today on General Hospital, Obrecht is furious with both Liz and Scott, Finn offers to stand by Liz, and Sonny and Dex bond over a meal. His eventual response, a dramatic high point in the film, is not what they had hoped for. Yet, the sis-in-law goes outside, alone (except for camera man), to smoke a cigarette and claims that nobody knows that she smokes cigarettes. The answers arent there either, but its impossible not to watch. I recently watched this documentary and found several threads here about Diane Schuler but I can't seem to find any updates as of 2013? Many theories abound as to whether Schuler deliberately caused the crash that killed her family members. [R40] is on the nose, too. I can see her being irritable, having a headache, wishing she could drink,, maybe having a few sips of vodka with OJ to "take the edge off".but get black out drunk in that setting?! You'd think she had no anger at all. "We just didn't get the answers we needed," said Bastardi, 55. for your pointless bitchery needs. Like most rest areas it is laid out to be as obviously one-way as possible but he still managed to get back on the highway the wrong way. Top Critics. Like she decided she and those kids were going to die that day AND THEN started boozing heavily and smoking. So 'apparently' Danny (the husband of Diane) was having an affair with Jackie Hance (the sister in-law who lost 3 daughters). A subreddit dedicated to the unresolved mysteries of the world. Were the campers near them during the weekend ever interviewed to see if there was something that occurred to set her off? So no basic car safety was used for any of the 5 kidseven the 2 year old? "The terms of the settlement are confidential and the court records are sealed," attorney Kevin Grennan, of Garden City, said Wednesday. Well she got an OJ at McDonalds, presumably as a mixer for the vodka, and that is when she started drinking. | Jul 2, 2018. Reportedly, she had her hands firmly on the steering wheel at "ten and two" while she stared straight ahead. Its unclear why Schuler did not call her husband, Daniel, who was supposed to be driving home in his truck at the same time Diane took the kids. Investigators said Diane Schuler drove against traffic and struck Bastardi's car. As one of the worst motor-vehicle accidents in New York State history, the tragedy quickly became national news. 1 hr 39 mins. Four lawsuits have been settled from a 2009 crash that killed eight after a drunk and high West Babylon woman drove the wrong way on the Taconic State Parkway, according to court documents and attorneys handling two of the cases. So sad. On the other hand, there are the questions that Ms. Schulers husband, Daniel, has steadfastly raised: Were the tests mistaken? Authorities want to figure out if Schuler, who denied that his wife even liked the taste of alcohol, is a danger to his son. Chronic alcoholics can have crazy high levels compared to social drinkers. The decisions she made ended eight lives, four of them children. She drank to work up the courage to do it. After all, Princess Diana's mother abandoned her at 6 years old, and look what a nut she turned out to be. Its really bizarre and I admit I dont understand this case in that way. According to DUI Driving Laws, this is the equivalent of 10 drinks; more than twice the legal limit. "I'm watching this now (for the 4th or 5th time) -- where do you see that she was "full of rage?". By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. The simple truth is that she guzzled vodka and smoked pot, got blotto and killed eight people, including herself. It would be very interesting to know the content of the phone conversation Aunt Diane had with her brother before the accident. This always seemed to me like murder-suicide; why she just didn't let the nieces out, hand them her phone and say "call your dad to come get you", who knows, but given how long she meandered around before getting on the Taconic and eyewitness testimony that she drove bullet-straight once she started driving the wrong way while people were blowing the horn at her always seemed like to me that at some point on that drive home she decided to kill herself and the kids. Schuler's family, including her husband, Daniel Schuler, blamed her bizarre behavior on an undefined medical condition. Those were the awful, last words of Emma Hance, who at 9 was the eldest of the five kids riding in the death car during the fiery, horrific crash in Westchester, a source close to the case told me. Bastardis daughters, Roseanne Guzzo and Margaret Nicotina, say they have forgiven Diane but find it harder to forgive Daniel and Jay, who seem to them to be in denial about Dianes accountability. Meanwhile, his lawyer, Dominic Barbara, backed away from a report that he would seek another autopsy on Dianes body, now saying hed not decided what to do.. Watchlist. This story has been shared 106,144 times. I drink and smoke at home -- NO ONE would expect it of me! This was curious, because the Schulers said they left upstate early, around 9:30 a.m. on July 26. There was an issue submitting your request. This is interesting to me. Also: early on, she called her sister-in-law to say that there was a lot of traffic and that was delaying her getting back with her nieces. Clearly, Diane had a lot of responsibility on her shoulders in that family. Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case For Reasonable Doubt? This was very close to the actual incident timewise, so much of what we know now hadn't come out yet. I guess it's over. It's not just Jane Fonda feeling bummed out watching 'The Vietnam War.'. All the eyewitness statements tend to support it being an intentional act. Two things that I haven't seen answered anywhere in the media. [1] It premiered on HBO on July 25, 2011. I totally agree. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Regardless, I think the evidence still suggests intent - her driving behavior while on the highway seemed to imply control of the vehicle. Then Emma made her anguished cry. I don't really get the ambien thing either. No, they're all still dead, as far as we know. She was angry at her husband for being such a useless loser. I'm going to go Google this case now because I want more info on the phone call with the brother. Couldnt Dianes husband have been charged with negligence for that part at least? Anyway, the way they were trying to absolve her of responsibility for killing eight people was sickening. Since this aired I have read comments saying that it could have been that Diane blacked out after taking Ambien. They could be the smartest people in the world but that accent makes them sound like dumbasses. You don't have enough exposure. Four hours later, she drove the wrong way on the Taconic State Parkway for nearly two miles eventually crashing into an oncoming SUV, killing herself and seven others. R5, she didn't take Ambien, she drank a quart of vodka and smoked weed. You are a PARENT and you drive when you are drunk and high? This mysterious and shattering tragedy draws the public in, feeling a need to find out what really happened to Aunt Diane. Her minivan collided with an SUV, resulting in the deaths of Schuler, her daughter, her three nieces, and three passengers in the other car. I do not get why she stayed with that asshole husband of hers. She got a phone call from her brother and spoke with to him for two minutes before leaving her phone and driving off. She bought orange juice to use as a mixer! Eight people were killed in the fatal accident. By Joe Reid Jul 30, 2018. The accident made national headlines: a suburban mother drove the wrong way on the Taconic Parkway in New York and crashed head-on into an SUV, killing herself and seven others. Of course anything is possible in a drunken blackout, but the question is why a closet alcoholic would drink herself into a drunken blackout with those kids in the car when she'd be home so soon & her family was expecting her. The filmmakers were able to obtain medical records that had eluded them and helped them to get answers from a private investigator they had hired. But did she leave it there on purpose, or was she so fucked up she set it down and forgot it? Depression and mental health can cause a person to do insane things. Investigators said Diane Schuler drove against traffic and struck Bastardi's car. Guy Bastardi, his father Michael Bastardi, and family friend Daniel Longo, were in the car that crashed head-on into Dianes vehicle and died shortly after. Pursuing Answers, Two Years After a Tragic Collision, https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/25/arts/television/theres-something-wrong-with-aunt-diane-on-hbo-review.html. Or the perfect wife and mother described by so many who knew her? By what name was There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane (2011) officially released in Canada in English? I just find it hard to believe this woman was an alcoholic and no one thought that she should not drive the kids around. Jesus Christ! our privacy/terms or if you just want to see the damn The missing Yuba boys always make me think this too. Daniel cried but once during a press conference that drained onlookers emotions. I didn't much care for the documentary. The lawsuits against the estate of Diane Schuler, 36, claimed she was negligent when she drove a minivan south in the northbound lanes of the parkway on July 26, 2009. I was surprised she wouldnt have a car seat at least. How was she even conscious after drinking that much? He suggested an abscessed tooth may have caused a stroke. When you are on Ambien you could eat a whole meal and drink a bottle of booze and not even know it. We are changing the login scheme for contributors for simpler login and to better support using multiple devices. Diane Schuler Tragedy -- Lies Uncovered: [UPDATED 2014]. Replies analysing and speculating over the mystery and possible explanations are encouraged. There are signs, EVERYONE IGNORED THESE SIGNS? And that poor little boy Bryan, the only survivor of the crash; I wonder how he's doing, and if he's fully recovered from his injuries. [quote] One rumor was that she suspected her husband was having an affair with her sister-in-law. 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