BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - Exclusively on ABC7, Congressman Vern Buchanan is helping a local mom on a mission to have all states in the U.S. provide emergency contacts on state-issued IDs, such as driver’s licenses and permits. Congressman Buchanan is introducing the To Inform Families First (TIFF) Act. ”

In December of 2005, Bradenton mom Christine Olson’s daughter, Tiffany Olson, was hit and killed by a car while riding on U.S. 19 in Palmetto. Olson said it took six and a half hours to find out that her daughter was killed.

“Six and a half hours since she was pronounced dead at 7:01. 1:30 in the morning is when I found out,” said Olson.

A heartbreaking story turning into a mission to make sure no family goes through what Olson went through.

“My heart was saying, if this happene

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