Viral video prompts outpouring for bullied Australian boy

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 05:10:22 +0000

QUADEN Bayles

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) – An Australian boy with dwarfism who was bullied to the point he wanted to “die right now” has received a deluge of celebrity messages and donations for a trip to Disneyland.

A video of nine-year-old Quaden Bayles uploaded to Facebook by his mother showed him crying and repeatedly saying he wanted to die after being bullied at school.

The clip had been watched more than 16 million times by Friday and the boy’s mother, Yarraka Bayles, said she was sharing it to raise awareness of the impact bullying was having on her child.

“I’ve got a son that is suicidal almost every single day,” she says in the footage.

Support for the boy built as the video spread online, and a GoFundMe page started by US comedian Brad Williams had raised over $150,000 to give Bayles a trip to Disneyland in California b
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