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Victim Karen Klein speaks out after shocking footage surfaces
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- Date Jun 21, 2012
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Caught on camera middle school students harassing and bully and a 68 year old.
School bus monitor and bringing her to tears.
Man and now -- Greece New York police department will decide whether charges will be filed in juvenile court against for middle school students involved in that terrible incident.
-- right now.
That bus monitor her name is caring Klein.
We just saw her in that video if she joins us from Rochester New York good morning do you care.
How -- hi I'm sure it I'm sure it's hard to watch that video try to describe.
How the kids started to bully you this past Monday there -- on bus number 784.
They it actually started out -- -- -- like but I didn't.
Quite a referral for them.
Say yum.
-- knock out my hair.
Not that anything they could think but they didn't get dishes like they did that Monday.
They use sorry dirty word I have ever heard to describe you.
And you just sat there you you know you that if it would have been me I would've wanted to spank him but you just sat there and took it.
Why.
But -- I.
I don't like.
Confrontations like that I did lot of -- Do anything I heard anybody.
That would have looked good either.
You know.
-- probably -- bad fired they actually.
It's -- a done anything violent.
Satellite just restrain myself and I tried to pretend.
That they weren't -- us.
-- Netscape the -- of my life.
And trying to.
Let things go you know.
I understand.
I had to stand at one point one of the kids said you didn't have a family because they all killed themselves.
Because they didn't want to be near to you.
And that was particularly harmful because your oldest son.
Took his life ten years ago.
Yeah well.
I did I hear their -- then.
But yeah.
I mean it was uncalled for -- to -- -- uncle Teddy -- -- said.
Absolutely uncalled for when I look at it.
They seem like monsters to me.
What should happen to these kids.
I don't know what's coming -- and -- But I know there's so many upset people.
All over the world about this.
And and -- comes down to them.
And what happens with them and I don't know.
What well -- and I haven't heard anything yet.
Well if there this rotten at this age just wait until they become grown ups.
I mean I certainly don't want -- -- go to jail confidence.
He loved it isn't but.
If they made an example loves.
Other for other kids.
But you know -- sentence somebody emails from younger kids.
Saying.
How bad.
They feel that these boys did this right.
And it.
I had.
What what about the parents what about that parents.
-- has anybody reached out to you from from the kids were who were involved in this has anybody apologize.
To you.
Yet.
Not yet.
I don't think they've all been interviewed yet.
Just one -- that I -- a lot of and apparently he wrote.
An apology to let the nine and once -- me.
Let's say even that Baghdad but.
-- -- -- New policy.
Well I know that ever since this video and it's ten minutes long win on the Internet it is gone viral.
And so many people had had just watched it and their hearts have broken for you I understand some blogger decided you know what.
This woman sat there took it she is.
-- paid by the school district I believe you make 151000 dollars a year as a bus monitor so what they've done is somebody came up with the idea.
Let's send her on a nice vacation.
And I just checked the website.
And this particular blogger.
Has attracted so many people to it they have raised.
A 125000.
Dollars that they want to put in your hand -- That you could either.
Take a big vacation or maybe retire tomorrow.
My dad.
-- it's.
Unbelievable.
I just don't.
It's wonderful I'd I'd I would like that they got -- people but.
It's really -- -- about what they do it to face but I just wanna make a general.
Statement thank you everybody so months for your support.
I'd really appreciate it.
And it's -- just money it's the people themselves.
That I appreciate.
So hot it's.
You know I've just.
It's that of that yesterday.
Normal I thought it.
Well you know what I care.
You know what people realize -- just cannot bully somebody else like that and that's why so many people are outraged and that's why so many people have contributed.
And for the viewers right now if you'd like to contribute to -- -- triple -- lifetime.
Go to being the go go dot com.
Back slash love for care in each line.
Karin -- during -- today from Rochester.
Thank you very much.
I have a lot of places for the money.
I bet you do well yeah I death.
Our -- I kept.
-- all my credit spreads Mo right now that's what we'll we'll good luck to you and take you very much for sharing your story with us today here.
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