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Former NFL offensive lineman Brian Holloway stands in front of his rural vacation home on Wednesday, September 18, in Stephentown, New York. Holloway's rural vacation home was trashed during a Labor Day weekend party attended by about 300 teenagers. Michael Hill/ap
Holloway said the teens caused at least $20,000 in damage, breaking windows and doors, punching holes in walls and spraying graffiti. Courtesy helpmesave300.com
Holloway was informed of the party when his son told him he was receiving tweets about a party at their home in Stephentown. Courtesy helpmesave300.com
Graffiti lines the inside of the house. The former NFL player saw the whole thing unfold live on Twitter. He says he saw tweets from the teens saying "I'm partying with the NFL." "I've never seen so much alcohol in my life," "I can't wake her up," and "Oh we're being busted. We gotta hide. Get rid of all the drugs." Courtesy helpmesave300.com
Glass was broken throughout the home. He compiled a list of the tweets and photos from the party to identify the teens, and he created a website, www.helpmesave300.com. He plans to use the teens' own posts to reveal their identities and to try to set them on a better path. Courtesy helpmesave300.com
"I blew past furious to what's important: How do we save these 300 lives that thought this was a good idea?" Holloway said. Courtesy helpmesave300.com
The walls are so covered with graffiti that it is hard to tell the color. He began a campaign to not only hold the teens responsible, but to address the problem of teen alcohol and drug use. He says 200 partygoers have been identified, and the last 100 will be in the next few days. Courtesy helpmesave300.com
Holloway says parents threatened him after he posted pictures of their children online in an attempt to hold them accountable. "Parents are upset with me when their child was in my house ... taking drugs, using roofies and drinking, and they're going to be upset with me?" he said. Courtesy helpmesave300.com
Holloway invited the teens to be accountable and help clean up his home. "Only one student showed up," Holloway said in disbelief. "Is it a statement about us as a community? If you take our temperature as a community, we get a failing grade. How is there no accountability?" Courtesy helpmesave300.com
