It was a moment of sorrow and sadness after a 10-year-old boy
Seven Bridges, allegedly committed
suicide after he was criticised at
school for wearing a colostomy bag. Bridges, from Kentucky, hanged
himself at his family’s home on
Saturday while his mother was out
on grocery shopping, WHAS-
TV reported. The child’s mother, Tami Charles,
said she found him hanging inside a
closet. “I saw my son dead. That’s
something in my head,” Tami Charles
told the station. Bridges was born with an
unspecified bowel condition and
endured 26 unsuccessful surgeries
to fix the issue, WDRB-TV reported. The ailment resulted in the need to
wear a colostomy bag. A colostomy
bag collects waste from a portion of
the colon outside the body,
according to the Mayo Clinic. Bullies reportedly targeted the child over the smell from the bag.
Bridges endured months of
repeated bullying, his mom told the
station. “JCPS: You all failed my baby,”
Charlies said of her son’s school
district. Charles told the station that the
family “absolutely” plans to take
legal action against Jefferson County
Public Schools. The district has
opened an investigation, but
couldn’t comment on pending litigation.