“Give me a knife, I want to kill myself,” says the dwarf Quaden Bayles from Queensland with tears in a video that his mother put online last week. “That’s what bullying does,” explains Yarraka Bayles. “Can you please explain this to your children, your families and your friends?”
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The boy, who suffers from achondroplasia, had been the target of teasing in school and suffered terribly from it.
Raised $ 460,000 in donations
The video hit like a bomb: it was viewed a good 16 million times and shared thousands of times and triggered a great wave of solidarity.
Celebrities like Hugh Jackman publicly expressed their support, and a donation account for a visit to Quaden in Disneyland raised over $ 460,000 to $ 10,000 yesterday. «This is for everyone who has been bullied in their lives and has had to hear that they are not good enough. Let us show Quaden and others that there are good things in the world and that they deserve it, »said the short-lived US comedian Brad Williams, who started the crowdfunding call.
Guest of honor at the international rugby game
Quaden has now been invited to a rugby all-star game and was allowed to field the Australian selection against the New Zealand Maoris on Saturday at the Cbus Super Stadium in Gold Coast, as reported by CNN. “We’re behind you, buddy,” said star player Latrell Mitchell, who invited Quaden. “We are here to support you.”
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