It first surfaced through the local newsrag...the Rome News-Tribune, with link.
I foolishly viewed it and for the first time in a long, long time, I was brought to tears.
I am a rough, tough, crustified, curmudgeon of an bastard retired US Army Sergeant Major...I thought I had an impenetrable armor around my heart, but this shattered it.
I strongly advise that one NOT seek the video, it will break your heart.
I refused to bring it up for my wife and I have removed all access to it.
It is a very sad, sad commentary on our wretched lives this day and age, wherein an electronic device can be subverted by a child so bereft of faith in the human race, that she films her own death.
I know she was not cognizant of the turmoil it would create and I don't think that was her intent...she was hurting, badly...there was more raw emotion in that few minutes than I have ever seen in 20 years of US Army activity in several war zones and over 18 years of civilian law enforcement.
There are more out there, just like her.
Please...if anyone suspects that a child is going through a period of time in their lives as this child obviously did...say something, do something.
I find it hard to live with the guilt of me not being able to do something, even though I had no knowledge of what was happening, but that's how gut-wrenching this whole thing is.
I wouldnt want to see it either... I can barely take it now.
God bless you, sir.
Thanks for that warning. Not that I had any intention of trying to see the video. But what you describe makes me doubly certain it is of no value to see.
It sounds like the darkest message of depression anyone could ever be burdened with. Even hardened military vets. That says something significant.
I will keep her and her family in prayer. There’s always hope, in the infinite mercy of God.