ST. LOUIS – It’s been 21 years since a drunk driver changed Matt Browning’s life forever. The former St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department officer, then 26, was making an arrest near Busch Stadium when he was struck by a drunk driver. Both of Browning’s legs were amputated.

Fast forward to 2025. Browning is married and holds a high-level position working at Laura Buick-GMC.

He didn’t do it alone.

“I can’t say ‘Thank you’ enough to The BackStoppers,” Browning said.

The BackStoppers, Inc. is known to many for the financial assistance it provides to families of police, fire and EMS workers who were killed in the line of duty. But the St. Louis-based organization, now in its 66th year, also steps up in a big way for first responders like Browning.

“We can’t forget them. We honor our fa

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