SANTA CLARITA, Calif. — At least once a month, Alice and Tom Renolds come to the Youth Grove in Santa Clarita's Central Park to bring flowers and remember their two sons, Timothy Lee Reynolds and Daniel Richard Renolds.
Alice Renolds said she thinks about her sons "everyday, every minute of the day, that pain just never goes away."
Timothy was just 18, a senior at Canyon High who wanted to be an orthodontist, and his little brother Daniel was 15 with dreams of becoming a fireman.
Both were passengers inside the car driven by an 18-year-old speeding on Soledad Canyon Road when he lost control of the vehicle. The teens were among 116 people remembered at Youth Grove. Inside the grove are simulated tree stumps that represent a life cut short by a traffic accident.
Names are added every September during the annual night of remembrance event, which Alice and Tom Renolds attend each year.
The couple has remained active in the community over the last two decades, sharing their story with teenagers and their parents on the consequences of reckless driving.
Alice Renolds said she shares her story "to let them know it's devastating and that even after 21 years that pain is still there and you don't want them to go through that pain or their parents or their friends."
Sgt. Scott Shoemaker said young people feel invincible behind the wheel many times, but the Youth Grove is a reminder of the dangers of unsafe driving.
"If you get hurt or killed, it's not just you that gets hurt, I mean obviously it's you that gets killed but your families have to live with that. Your families have to bury you, your families are going to use money that they had set aside for weddings and colleges now to bury you," he said.
It's a pain the Renolds said they want to help others avoid. Even after 20 years, they said they want to honor their sons every chance they get.
Tom Renolds said they "still celebrate their birthdays, we do, try to go out to dinner with the family," adding that they'll continue to do things to remember them, including sharing their story so their memory can help others.