Felicia Garcia, M.D. Provides a full range of urgent care and primary care services at the Patient First walk in clinic located at our Pasadena location. Where is the justice for Felicia Garcia?The 15-year-old Staten Island girl was tormented and bullied to the point where she jumped in front of a commuter train, killing herself.She had reportedly.
Felicia Garcia, a 15-yr-old Staten Island high school girl, jumped to her death in front of a train after a video of her having sex with four footballers was posted online. Two students have been dismissed from Tottenville High School after the incident. According to the Daily Mail, Garcia jumped to her death around 3.15 p.m. Wednesday at the Huguenot Staten Island Railway station. Several of her friends and classmates were present when she jumped suddenly to her death. Her friends say she had been repeatedly targeted for humiliation after a video showing her having group sex with four high school footballers was posted online. According to her friends, the orphan, who grew up in foster care, had long been subjected to bullying.The bullying intensified after the sex video was posted online.The New York Post reports that one of her classmates, said: “She got bullied in the school, especially by the football players, because she looked different and had piercings.'According to the Daily Mail, her tormentors called her a 'slut,' humiliated and ridiculed her in the presence of other students, making reference to the video that was circulated in the school.One of Garcia's friends, Victoria, told the New York Daily News: 'Kids are saying she had sex with some guys from the football team at a party after the game. Later on they wouldn't leave her alone about it. They just kept bullying her and bullying her. This poor girl was called a slut. She was teased on Facebook.'According to the Daily Mail, Garcia's last comments on social media revealed the depressed state of her mind. Witnesses say that Garcia, while sobbing, jumped suddenly to death at about 3:15 p.m. at the Hugueneot Staten Island Railway station platform in the presence of several fellow Tottenville High School students. The New York Daily News reports that Sara Brager, 16, said Garcia's final words before she fell backward onto the tracks were: 'Finally, it's here.' Brager said, 'It was the most horrible thing I've ever seen.' Facebook Facebook Instagram Instagram “EVERBODY (sic) WHO IS BLAMING THE FOOTBALL PLAYERS S-- & MIND YOUR BUISNESS !!”According to the Daily Mail, Garcia was raised in several foster homes after her parents died, leaving her and her younger brother orphans. She once ran away with and lived with an older man. The New York Post reports that Gabriella Leone, whose sister witnessed the incident, said: '(She) had a terrible life on top of all the heartache — bullies at school taunted her and spread rumors.' Students at the Tottentville High School wore black on Thursday to symbolize mourning. Many of her friends said they never expected she would commit suicide. Compitello said: 'She was never upset, that's the thing. None of us saw this coming.'Dawn DiBenedetto, 17, said Garcia was never on drugs. She said: 'I'm still in shock; we're all in shock; because she's not the person you'd see this coming from. She was a good kid.'A Facebook tribute page 'RIPFeliciaGarciaStopBullying' was set up for her. The page already has over 12,000 likes.According to the Daily Mail, this is not the first time that a student of Tottenville High has committed suicide at the Huguenot Staten Island Railway station. About two years ago, 18-year-old Kyle Jensen, who had attended the school briefly, also jumped to his death at the station.
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Felicia Garcia, the 15-year-old who threw herself in front of an oncoming train on Wednesday, did not have an easy life. Still, friends described the orphan who'd had finally found a seemingly good foster situation as someone always quick with a smile. What appears to have pushed her over the edge was a recent incident, possibly filmed, involving multiple members of the Tottenville varsity football team. 'This poor girl was called a slut. She was teased on Facebook,' a classmate told the Post.
'Kids are saying she had sex with some guys from the football team at a party after the game,' a student told the News. 'Later on they wouldn't leave her alone about it. They just kept bullying her and bullying her.'
The school's principal has not returned our messages regarding the death, but he did tell CBS that “Right now, we have a grieving school community and that’s our priority. Students witnessed this, we had a number of staff members at the train station who witnessed this, so this is a school tragedy.”
According to reports, yesterday while many students were grieving, police detectives were interviewing the high school's varsity football team 'to investigate claims that the girl was being bullied about an encounter she purportedly had with several players at one team member’s home after Saturday’s game against Port Richmond.'
Adding to that angle, it appears that Garcia had spent much of Wednesday in school counseling regarding the issue, and at least one source says she had requested a transfer. Whatever happened last weekend, it was not the first time Garcia's life had been troubled:
There was already little that was easy in Felicia’s life. Friends described her childhood as a patchwork of loss and instability: both her parents died when she was young, and she disliked living with her aunt, said Kaitlyn Antonmarchi, 15, who said she had been Felicia’s best friend since eighth grade. At one point, Felicia ran away from her aunt’s house with an older man. After she entered the foster system, she bounced in and out of different homes, dyed her dark hair red and sprouted a cluster of piercings.
With her latest foster parents, Felicia finally seemed happy and stable, Kaitlyn said. Moving to the other side of Staten Island, she started high school at Tottenville, improved her grades, let the dye wash out and eliminated most piercings. At Friday’s football game, Kaitlyn said: “She looked happy. She was laughing. It didn’t look like anything was upsetting her at all.”
Because of the circumstances law enforcement officials are cautioning against saying Garcia was 'bullied to death.' Still, the Tottenville football team has reportedly taken to Twitter to defend themselves telling people 'don’t believe everything you hear.' In any event, the football teams game tonight against Curtis High School has been postponed until Sunday at 5 p.m.
Meanwhile, it is still worth noting: If someone you know exhibits warning signs of suicide: do not leave the person alone, remove any firearms, alcohol, drugs or sharp objects that could be used in a suicide attempt, and call the U.S. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255) or take the person to an emergency room or seek help from a medical or mental health professional.
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