COMING UP NEXT TIME I SEE YOU. DAVID SIEGEL, THE FOUNDER OF WESTGATE RESORTS, HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 89. THE CENTRAL FLORIDA BILLIONAIRE WAS ALSO A CHAMPION IN HELPING FIGHT THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC. WESH TWO SENAIT GEBREGIORGIS TELLS US ABOUT SIEGEL’S IMPACT AND HOW PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE REMEMBERING HIM TODAY. FROM A TINY ORANGE GROVE IN KISSIMMEE TO BECOMING $1 BILLION GLOBAL COMPANY, DAVID SIEGEL FOUNDED WESTGATE RESORTS IN 1982, BUILDING A TIMESHARE EMPIRE. HE DIED ON SATURDAY AT 89 YEARS OLD. IN A RELEASE, THE WESTGATE RESORTS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER SAID IN PART, QUOTE, DAVID WORKED HARD TO LEAVE US A COMPANY THAT WILL CONTINUE TO PRESERVE ITS FAMILY ORIGINS AND THE SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES AND AMBITION TO INSTILL JOY IN THE LIVES WE TOUCH THROUGH THE HOSPITALITY WE PROVIDE. IT IS NOT JUST WESTGATE AND THE AMAZING BUSINESS THAT HE AND HIS FAMILY PUT TOGETHER. IT’S ALSO THE LEGACY OF SAVING LIVES. AFTER THE LOSS OF VICTORIA SIEGEL AND HIS WIFE JACQUELINE FOUNDED VICTORIA’S VOICE FOUNDATION IN HONOR OF THEIR DAUGHTER VICTORIA, WHO DIED FROM A DRUG OVERDOSE IN 2015. IN 2017. WESH TWO SAT DOWN WITH SIEGEL TO TALK ABOUT HIS NEW MISSION TO HELP SAVE LIVES. I ACTUALLY CAME UP WITH A BETTER DELIVERY SYSTEM AND I’M GOING TO I CAN GET IT DONE IN CHINA AND FOR LESS THAN A DOLLAR. AND I WANT TO FLOOD THE MARKET. HE CHAMPIONED THE DISTRIBUTION OF NARCAN, THE OVERDOSE REVERSAL DRUG, SO THAT PUBLIC PLACES FIRST RESPONDERS AND EVERYONE CAN HAVE BETTER ACCESS. ANDRE BAILEY, THE FOUNDER OF PROJECT OPIOID IN ORLANDO, SAYS IT’S MADE A DIFFERENCE IF YOU SEE OVERDOSE DEATHS FINALLY FALLING HERE IN ORANGE COUNTY AND AROUND THE STATE. I THINK IT’S A MESSAGE TO ALL OF US THAT WE CAN TAKE TRAGEDY AND TURN IT INTO SOMETHING THAT IMPACTS THOSE AROUND US. SEMINOLE COUNTY SHERIFF DENNIS LEMMA, WHO SERVES AS A BOARD MEMBER ON THE VICTORIA’S VOICE FOUNDATION TEAM, POSTED ON FACEBOOK SAYING IN PART, QUOTE, DAVID’S TIRELESS EFFORTS WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN PROMOTING THE USE OF THE LIFE SAVING DRUG NARCAN AMONG FIRST RESPONDERS, INCLUDING OUR AGENCY. HIS PASSION AND COMMITMENT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE HAVE SAVED COUNTLESS LIVES AND INSPIRED MANY OF US TO CONTINUE THE FIGHT AGAINST ADDICTION. SENAIT GEBREGIORGIS WESH TWO NEWS. ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF JOHN MINA IS ALSO OFFERING HIS CONDOLENCES TO THE SIEGEL FAMILY. HE POSTED ON X ABOUT AN HOUR AGO, SAYING THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE APPRECIATES HIS TENACITY TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT ADDICTION THROUGH VICTORIA’S VOICE, HIS PASSION TO END THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC HAS SAVED THOUSANDS OF LIVES. WELL, THE HEAD OF THE ROSLYN HOTELS AND RESORTS IS ALSO SENDING THEIR CONDOLENCES, SAYING THAT SIEGEL’S IMPACT WILL