RUMORED SEX TAPE FORCES BULLIED TEEN TO JUMP IN FRONT OF TRAIN
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Staten Island teen who pals said had been relentlessly tormented by
bullies leaped to her death in front of a train as 200 of her classmates
looked on in horror.
Felicia Garcia, who attended Tottenville High School, was repeatedly bullied after she had sex with four of the school’s varsity football players at a party at one of the player’s homes Saturday night, police said, adding the sex was consensual.
Two of the jocks, both 17, bragged about the encounter, and word
spread rapidly; on Monday, in response to the torment, she tweeted: “I
cant, im done, I give up.”
The Huguenot Staten Island Railway station platform was packed with fellow students from Tottenville HS at around 3:15 when a sobbing Felicia suddenly broke away and jumped.
She died at Staten Island University Hospital. “She got bullied in
the school, especially by the football players, because she looked
different and had piercings,” said senior Amanda Liquori.
Sara Brager, 16, witnessed the troubled teen’s chilling end as Felicia fell backward off a platform and into the moving locomotive. “Just before she fell, she said, ‘Finally, it’s here,’” Brager said. “It was the most horrible thing I’ve ever seen.”
Another friend, who asked that her name be withheld, was at her side
when she jumped and had no idea what she planning. That friend also said
football players targeted Garcia.
“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.”
Gabriella Leone, whose younger sister witnessed the incident, said Felicia, who lived in foster homes, “had a terrible life on top of all the heartache — bullies at school taunted her and spread rumors. I hope all bullies get punished!”
Felicia had written online of her depression. On her Instagram account, she had a picture of her eyes crossed over by the word “Depressed” with the caption, “Just because someone is smiling doesn’t make them happy.”
Chancellor Dennis Walcott is in touch with the girl’s legal guardian, according to Department of Education spokeswoman Margie Feinberg.
Two years ago, another Tottenville HS student killed himself at the same station.
SOURCE: NYP
Felicia Garcia, who attended Tottenville High School, was repeatedly bullied after she had sex with four of the school’s varsity football players at a party at one of the player’s homes Saturday night, police said, adding the sex was consensual.
The Huguenot Staten Island Railway station platform was packed with fellow students from Tottenville HS at around 3:15 when a sobbing Felicia suddenly broke away and jumped.
Sara Brager, 16, witnessed the troubled teen’s chilling end as Felicia fell backward off a platform and into the moving locomotive. “Just before she fell, she said, ‘Finally, it’s here,’” Brager said. “It was the most horrible thing I’ve ever seen.”
Gabriella Leone, whose younger sister witnessed the incident, said Felicia, who lived in foster homes, “had a terrible life on top of all the heartache — bullies at school taunted her and spread rumors. I hope all bullies get punished!”
Felicia had written online of her depression. On her Instagram account, she had a picture of her eyes crossed over by the word “Depressed” with the caption, “Just because someone is smiling doesn’t make them happy.”
Chancellor Dennis Walcott is in touch with the girl’s legal guardian, according to Department of Education spokeswoman Margie Feinberg.
Two years ago, another Tottenville HS student killed himself at the same station.
SOURCE: NYP
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