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October 15, 2005, 4:32 pm PDT
 Quote From: rialife While watching this show a few weeks ago, I thought, no one I know would ever do this. This past monday, my friend Kyle was found dead hanging in his basement. At first thought of as a suicide, Kyle's family and friends asked the question,Why? Kyle was a happy 7th grader. The death was ruled an acident last night. Kyle apparentley had been participating in this "game", which he found instructions for on the internet, since the summer. We are all very devastated. A 13 year old boy is dead due to a big mistake, and we cannot bring him back. I hope we can all spread awarness of this deadly game that is taking more and more young lives. Maria Dear Maria: I am so sorry about Kyle. I recieved an e mail about him the day he died. I do not want to preach, but I am going to. Maria, you have the chance to influence those who's life you come into contact with, especially your peers. My son Gabriel had many friends. Some of these friends knew what Gabriel was doing. I wish that just one of them would have come to me. There is something that often takes years to learn and that is the meaning of being a true, good friend. I know that when these friends of my son get into their adult years they will have wished they HAD come to me, gone to anyone and told them of what Gabriel was doing. Many young people are aware that this is indeed a 'stupid' game; Many are ignorant of how stupid and life threatening it is. This is my point; If you do care about someone and see that they are making a choice that is dumb, dangerous, something that you think that your friends parents or you parents would have a problem with, then you have a choice to make: (I say 'you' meaning 'anyone'..) You can either sit back and keep quiet because 'telling' would make you a nark, uncool, or tick your friend off possibly resulting in that 'friend' dropping you like a hot potato (in which case you are better off, as they probably weren't as commited to the friendship as you were) or, you can be an absolute 'true friend' and do the right thing...Tell someone, anyone who can intervene and get help for your friend. Maria, the age that you are now is a tough one; boys and girls at this age are changing in every way; even your brains are changing and maturity is on the way. Everyone wants to be accepted by their peers and some will go to great lengths to achieve this wanted acceptence. There is pressure to be 'cool'... and fitting in. My Gabriel was cool; an older peer taught him this 'game' and I think Gabriel tried it so that the kid wouldn't think he was 'un cool'... unfortunately again, some kids get addicted to this game, some don't. Gabriel did. Maria, you take very good care of yourself, stay 'smart' and avoid hanging out with kids who are doing things that you know aren't cool. Stick up for the underdogs who aren't accepted because of the way they look, or because they are a 'geek' or because there family isn't well thought of in the community; encourage those kids who you can see are having a tough time fitting in. It will make all the difference in someone's life. Again Maria, I am so sad about your loss and the loss of your friendship with Kyle. God Bless you Maria, God Bless all the children, Sarah Gabriel Mordecai's Mom |
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October 16, 2005, 7:37 am PDT
Quote From: rialife While watching this show a few weeks ago, I thought, no one I know would ever do this. This past monday, my friend Kyle was found dead hanging in his basement. At first thought of as a suicide, Kyle's family and friends asked the question,Why? Kyle was a happy 7th grader. The death was ruled an acident last night. Kyle apparentley had been participating in this "game", which he found instructions for on the internet, since the summer. We are all very devastated. A 13 year old boy is dead due to a big mistake, and we cannot bring him back. I hope we can all spread awarness of this deadly game that is taking more and more young lives. Maria Maria, I am so sorry for your loss and for Kyle's family as well--none of your lives will ever be the same. It has been over a year now since I found my 19 year-old daughter hanging in her room. As hard as it is just to function through each day and people everyday will give you words of advice--some may even offend you--just stay strong--work through your grief--and the most important thing now is to honor Kyle by educating others. Visit surrounding High Schools and speak to them--call counselors from the schools--educate them also. When I found out that Courtney had been exposed to this on her HS cheerleading squad, at the University of GA, and GA Tech campus--I contacted each institution. Please help others children not to die in honor of Kyle. Stay strong. Stephanie It will get a little better, but takes a long time.............. |
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