25 Oct 2012
A
teenager, who was constantly terrorized by bullies leaped to her death
front of a speeding train, while her classmates watched in dismay on
Wednesday in New York.
The Huguenot Staten Island Railway station was packed with fellow students from Tottenville High School around 3:15 when a crying Felicia Garcia suddenly broke away from the pack and leaped to her death. She was pronounced dead at Staten Island university hospital.
Before her death, she wrote on Twitter “I can’t, I am done, I give up”, her friends blamed the death on bullies.
A classmate of Garcia later told a New York based newspaper that she was bullied by football players because she had piercings.
“She wouldn’t have done it if she wasn’t bullied,” another pal, Alissa Compitello, wrote on Twitter. “All this girl wanted was to be left alone. And nobody could do that for her.”, New York Daily News reported
Earlier, Compitello tweeted: ‘All this girl wanted was to be left alone… and nobody could do that for her. #prayforfelicia.’
Days prior to committing suicide Felicia said on social media that she was depressed.
Felicia lived in foster homes. Her tweets and social media writings suggested that her parents were dead. But comments in Instagram hinted that her mother was alive.
(She) had a terrible life on top of all the heartache — bullies at school taunted her and spread rumors,’ Gabriella Leone, whose younger sister witnessed the incident, told The Post. ‘I hope all bullies get punished!’
A Facebook tribute page ‘RIPFeliciaGarciaStopBullying’ has been set up for the girl and friends and well-wishers are tweeting about the shocking death using the hashtag ‘RIPFeliciaGarcia.’
Luisa De Luca tweeted: ‘Rest in the sweetest peace Felicia Garcia, you will always be in our hearts forever. You didn’t deserve this..’ Her friends will be holding a candle light vigil tonight.
The Huguenot Staten Island Railway station was packed with fellow students from Tottenville High School around 3:15 when a crying Felicia Garcia suddenly broke away from the pack and leaped to her death. She was pronounced dead at Staten Island university hospital.
Before her death, she wrote on Twitter “I can’t, I am done, I give up”, her friends blamed the death on bullies.
A classmate of Garcia later told a New York based newspaper that she was bullied by football players because she had piercings.
“She wouldn’t have done it if she wasn’t bullied,” another pal, Alissa Compitello, wrote on Twitter. “All this girl wanted was to be left alone. And nobody could do that for her.”, New York Daily News reported
Earlier, Compitello tweeted: ‘All this girl wanted was to be left alone… and nobody could do that for her. #prayforfelicia.’
Days prior to committing suicide Felicia said on social media that she was depressed.
Felicia lived in foster homes. Her tweets and social media writings suggested that her parents were dead. But comments in Instagram hinted that her mother was alive.
(She) had a terrible life on top of all the heartache — bullies at school taunted her and spread rumors,’ Gabriella Leone, whose younger sister witnessed the incident, told The Post. ‘I hope all bullies get punished!’
A Facebook tribute page ‘RIPFeliciaGarciaStopBullying’ has been set up for the girl and friends and well-wishers are tweeting about the shocking death using the hashtag ‘RIPFeliciaGarcia.’
Luisa De Luca tweeted: ‘Rest in the sweetest peace Felicia Garcia, you will always be in our hearts forever. You didn’t deserve this..’ Her friends will be holding a candle light vigil tonight.
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