No matter who you are or where you come from, we can all agree that bullying is something awful that nobody should have to deal with.
Sadly, most of us have faced a bully at some point in our lives. For many, bullies stayed behind after school ended, but some people still have to deal with them at work.
Either way, bullying shouldn’t exist in today’s world. That’s why many people were shocked by a terrible bullying case from 2021 that ended in a very scary way.
Reports say an 11-year-old boy from Walton County, Georgia, was bullied so badly that he jumped out of a moving school bus to get away.
His father shared that the boy ended up with a concussion and a broken elbow. The family said they had told the school many times about the bullying, but nothing was done.
“Death. That’s the first thing I thought when I heard he jumped out of a vehicle. I wondered if it was moving, and I worried he might get hit or even killed,” the boy’s dad, Dion Murphy, said at the time.
“I think he was just trying to escape. At that moment, he felt like he had no way out.”
The boy’s dad said the school already knew about several times his son had been bullied. Some of these incidents were even caught on tape.
“There are more tapes, and that’s why I’m so angry,” Dion said. “The school ignored the bullying and didn’t do anything about it. They called it horseplay, but my son could have died.”
Parents and school staff, wake up! An 11-year-old boy jumped out of a moving bus to escape bullies, according to his dad.
After the terrifying incident, the boy changed schools. But this situation is a serious reminder that bullying, in any form, can have serious consequences. The damage can be both physical and emotional in the short term, and the long-term effects of bullying can be just as scary.
Many people online blamed the bus driver for not stepping in, but it’s possible they didn’t even notice the bullying while focusing on driving.
In any case, we hope and pray this little boy is safe and no longer being bullied.
