On The Huffington Post, an article called “Felicia Garcia
Suicide: 15-Year Old Jumps In Front Of Train After Bullying; Posts Final Tweet”
was told by the New York Daily News. The article was published on October 26,
2012. The article was about a fifteen year old teen that jumped in front of a
train in New York City. Felicia Garcia was bullied continuously by students
from Tottenville High School. The kids were saying that Garcia had sex with a
couple of guys. Garcia was never left alone. She had a tough childhood because
her parents had passed away, and the teasing and bullying was the last thing
she needed. She felt as if she did not have another choice. Detectives are in contact
with two boys that took part in the bullying. Two days before the incident,
Garcia tweeted, “I can’t, I’m done, I give up.” Her tweet showed the pain she
was going through. Two days later, Felicia Garcia killed herself in front of
her classmates at a Staten Island train station. Her final words were, “Finally,
it’s here.”
Bullying is not
tolerable and it has become a major issue. People need to understand the power
their words have on some people and what it can do to an individual. One can
form an opinion about someone else but they do not have the right to bully that
person until they have no other choice but to kill themselves. Garcia’s friends
should have gotten involved after her tweet, because they could have given her
the support she needed. I find it awful that teenagers still do not know what
to do when being bullied by immature and dumb kids.
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