Upset
Yesterday's news regarding the 5 year old girl thrown from the Westgate Bridge has really upset me. Upon hearing the news, I just felt so devastated and empty - I immediately went into a state of disbelief - a sickening feeling in my stomache, and a bit zombie like. I've often talked to friends about how the "parent factor" kicks in once you've had kids - and that hit home in a huge way yesterday. I just can't imagine the horror of anything like that happening to my precious daughter; the love of my life and the centre of my universe. To be so incredibly betrayed and let down by someone who was supposed to protect her. The thought of those final moments for this poor innocent child - it's just so devastating and my heart just breaks when I think of her. I know a lot of people have focussed on the father who did this; "Lock him up", "Throw him off the bridge", "He must've been NQR", etc. I certainly wouldn't make excuses for his behaviour but we're all built differently - and if there's one thing I've learnt, it's that the human condition often doesn't lead us to do acceptable, rational things at times - and some people are more extreme in their actions than others. Maybe in a few days my attention will turn to consider how he should be judged and punished, but right now it's still with that girl and how she must've felt.
And on the back of the mother and father that shot their 5 kids (and themselves) in the States earlier in the week, due to their job losses just adds to the ache.
I hugged Aurora just that little bit tighter when I saw her tonight.
And on the back of the mother and father that shot their 5 kids (and themselves) in the States earlier in the week, due to their job losses just adds to the ache.
I hugged Aurora just that little bit tighter when I saw her tonight.
posted by AndyN at 8:08 PM
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I remember listening to the early reports of a child found injured but alive in the water below the Westgate bridge. I thought perhaps the child had been lead there and abandoned. The report was hopeful the child would survive. I thought the injuries might have been from an assault.
Then later that afternoon the picture became clear - a father had stopped on the Westgate bridge in his white Toyota Wagon, carried his daughter from the car and dropped her from the highest point off the bridge. And the child had now died from her injuries.
I just sat in my car, devastated. I had to wait some time before I could properly resume work.
The report headlined for one day, but this event was far too horrible for the papers follow up on (apart from John Brumby's decision to place guards on the bridge). I believe the press thought this event far too abysmal and upsetting to persist with - that noone really wanted to hear anymore about it.
Speculation is Freeman had planned to throw his two young sons off the bridge as well before a female motorist intervened.
Freeman will spend the rest of his life in prison or hospital and suffer an eternity's worth of torment. I think the act was a result of anger without reason, done in a blind rage, and instantly regretted.
I have no feelings for Freeman - he is a simple, stupid man, too banal to be evil. Indeed his lawyer is quoted as saying Freeman was a "loving father". And he probably was.
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