STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The father of the 13-year-old West Brighton boy who committed suicide posted an emotional video where he calls the kids who bullied his son "monsters." 
 
 "They're monsters.. disgusting little monsters," Daniel Fitzpatrick says in the nearly 20 minute Facebook video. "I hope the memory of what you've done to my son is burned in your brain for the rest of your life and you suffer as much as he has suffered." 
 
 "Danny was a kind, gentle, little soul," he said. "He didn't have a mean bone in his body." 
 
 On Thursday, the younger Daniel Fitzpatrick hanged himself in the attic of his Davis Avenue home, his family told the Daily News. Daniel's older sister found him dead around 5:30 p.m., the report said. 
 
 In a letter penned last month, Daniel detailed his struggle with bullying at the Holy Angels Catholic Academy in Brooklyn. 
 
 In the letter, he says he was injured after he was forced to defend himself when a couple of kids picked a fight. 
 
 "I ended up fighting .... and got a fractured pinkie," Daniel wrote. 
 
 Even after the scuffle, the kids, one a former friend, kept bullying him, and the school ignored his complaints, the teen wrote. 
 
 "They didn't do ANYTHING!" he said in the letter. 
 
 In the video, Fitzpatrick says he took his son to see the principal, and was told by school officials "He'll be fine"..." He's in counseling"... "You have to try harder Danny"... "Children can be horrible creatures," the dad says in the tearful video. 
 
 The teen was in counseling and seeing the school's guidance counselor regularly, according to a spokeswoman for the Brooklyn Archdiocese. 
 
 His complaints, she said, were not ignored and the staff feels they did everything they could to help him. 
 
 "Every teacher and principal are heartbroken over this," the spokeswoman said. "They loved and cared about Daniel." 
 
 In a letter sent to parents at Holy Angels Catholic Academy, the principal, Rosemarie McGoldrick, said bullying incidents are treated "thoughtfully and thoroughly." 
 
 "I continue to pray for Daniel and for his family as they cope with this unimaginable loss," McGoldrick says in the letter. 
 
 However, Daniel's dad wishes the parents of the kids who tormented his son never have to feel what he's feeling, and says he can't hold his son, but they get to hold their children every day and every night. 
 
 "I'm heartbroken," he says in the video. "I'm wearing his shoes so I know what it's like, so I can at least try to feel what he felt." 
 
 "I miss my son," he continued. "I just want to hear him say 'good morning dad' one more time and I can say 'good morning, I love you,' which would I say every day." 
 
 A GoFundMe page has been set up in Daniel's memory, seeking to give him "a proper memorial, as well as shine a bright light on the bullying that killed him." ||||| (CNN) The relentless bullying became too much to handle for an 11-year-old girl with a "crooked" smile, her mother said. 
 
 At 3 years old, Bethany Thompson was diagnosed with a brain tumor and battled through radiation treatments. Though cancer-free since 2008, treatment caused nerve damage that changed Bethany's smile. That, and her curly hair, led to bullying, said Bethany's mother, Wendy Feucht. 
 
 "She had the softest heart. She would have talked superheroes and batman with anyone," Bethany's mom said. 
 
 Feucht said after a particularly tough Wednesday with bullies, Bethany told her best friend she couldn't take it anymore, and was going to take her own life. 
 
 The Cable, Ohio, sixth grader killed herself that afternoon, October 19. 
 
 Her friend's father called Bethany's mom, but it was too late. Bethany found a gun kept in the house, and shot herself one time, police said. 
 
 Her stepfather was asleep in another room. 
 
 Feucht said Bethany would have had to go searching for a weapon, as she and her husband never told their children where they were and kept the guns out of sight. 
 
 "There's a piece missing, I've had this constant in my life for 12 years and now it's gone," Feucht said. "Nothing's going to be able to fill that hole." 
 
 "She was my princess, that's my baby girl. Life revolved around her for me," said Bethany's dad, Paul Thompson. 
 
 Champaign County Sheriff said they're treating the death as an apparent suicide. 
 
 Bethany's family said she loved animals. 
 
 Her family and friends remember Bethany as generous and loving, and full of life. She loved swimming and animals and listening to music. 
 
 School investigated the problem 
 
 Triad Middle School was aware of the bullying problem, Feucht said. She had talked to the principal as recently as the Monday before Bethany's death. The principal told her he was investigating, Fuecht said. 
 
 "Something has to change, something is broken in the system and there are lots of different ways that this could have been handled," she said. 
 
 In hindsight, Fuecht said she didn't get mad enough; to parents she said, "Call them, call them every day if you have to and eventually they'll be tired of hearing from you and actually do something." 
 
 Triad School District Superintendent Chris Piper confirmed the school was aware of the bullying. 
 
 "Last school year, district officials investigated a complaint raised by the student and appropriately resolved the same. As many school districts across the country are currently doing, the Triad Local School District is undertaking efforts to bolster anti-harassment and bullying training for both students and staff," Piper said in a statement." 
 
 Bethany studied in the Triad school system her whole life, so while her family considered transferring Bethany, her mom thought it safer to stay in a school where everyone knew her story. 
 
 Bethany saw a counselor to help her find coping mechanisms and deal with her struggles with self-esteem, Fuecht said. 
 
 Having the support of friends wasn't enough to keep the bullying away, however, and some boys in her class were known to bully Bethany and others regularly, Feucht said. 
 
 Bethany and her friend went to administrators with anti-bullying posters on Bethany's last day at school, and were told they couldn't be used, Feucht said. 
 
 They made signs with anti-bullying slogans like "Buddies, not bullies," she said. 
 
 A community of support 
 
 The community has rallied around Bethany's family. 
 
 Nearly 400 people flocked to the North Lewisburg United Methodist Church on Sunday evening for a fundraiser to cover funeral costs. The raffle dinner event raised over $5,500, in addition to $2,000 offered in donations, said Ashley Cozad, a family friend who organized the event. 
 
 Donations and messages of condolence have poured in from all over the country and are continuing, Cozad said. 
 
 The family plans to use the remaining funds to set up a scholarship fund in Bethany's name and to raise anti-bullying awareness. 
 
 As the family tries to move on with a positive memory of Bethany, Feucht wants others to learn from their experience and identify with her daughter's struggles. "I am Bethany. Anyone who's been picked on, they've been Bethany." 
 
 They hope to be a part of movement, and that Bethany's memory will live on as a reminder of the importance of kindness and a zero-tolerance for bullying. 
 
 "If this were the last life, that her death could stop it, she would be thrilled," Feucht said. ||||| Bart Palosz, 15, committed suicide in August 2013 after the first day of his sophomore year at Greenwich High School. 
 
 The family of a 15-year-old Connecticut high school student who shot himself in the head is suing the town and its board of education, alleging school officials knew their son was relentlessly bullied for years and failed to protect him. 
 
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 The family of Bartlomeij "Bart" Palosz is suing Greenwich and the town's school district for $15,000 in damages, nearly two years after the 15-year-old committed suicide after the first day of his sophomore year at Greenwich High School, the first day his recently-graduated older sister wasn't there to look after him. 
 
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 The complaint alleges Palosz was "subjected to a years-long history of unremitting bullying" at Western Middle School and Greenwich High School. The last time he was bullied was the day he died, according to the complaint. 
 
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 Bart faced years of name-calling, teasing and physical violence that left him injured on at least one occasion, according to the complaint. He was kicked and hit on the back of the neck. Classmates stole his pencil and threw it at him and smashed his brand new smartphone, court documents allege. 
 
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 "Everyone treats him bad because he pushes people's buttons," Western Middle School Assistant Principal Albert Sackey wrote in a report after Palosz was kicked at his locker in 2012, according to the complaint. "Everyone is mean to him." 
 
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 Palosz's performance in class suffered drastically. He stopped turning in his homework and his grades plummeted in the spring of 2013, the complaint alleges. He also began biting his hands in an effort to cope with stress and anxiety. 
 
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 All the while, school administrators, teachers and counselors left Palosz "unprotected and unsupported"despite their knowledge of the bullying he endured, according to the complaint. 
 
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 "Kids pick on him, very socially akward (sic), bullied regularly, annoying to peers," a middle school employee wrote during Bart's transition to the high school. "Bart gets bullied on a regular basis but he doesn’t tell anyone, needs to be connected, wants to be liked." 
 
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 Another wrote: "Shoelaces tied together – Stitches in head – hit w/ locker. He won’t tell on kids. No self advocacy. Very tall and awakward (sic), will stare at other kids. Wants to be liked." 
 
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 The complaint claims Greenwich High School "failed to comply" with its anti-bullying policy, which requires staff members to provide victims with emotional support, intervene in and investigate known cases of bullying, file oral and written reports on bullying instances, contact the parents of bullying victims and discipline bullies. 
 
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 The lawsuit cites Greenwich First Selectman Drew Marzullo as saying, "We as a community failed this child." 
 
 According to family attorney Randy Savicky of Silver Golub & Teitell LLP, the town is required to respond by Sept. 8. 
 
 "We feel this lawsuit is important so that other students in Greenwich don’t suffer the same kind of treatment that Bart did. It is our hope that this lawsuit will result in changes to how the Greenwich school system responds to students in need of help so that there will be no more needless deaths," the family said in a statement Wednesday. 
 
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 NBC Connecticut has reached out to Greenwich Town Attorney John Wayne Fox for comment on the lawsuit. 
 
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 Greenwich Student Commits Suicide A 15-year-old Greenwich High School sophomore committed suicide hours after classes started. (Published Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015) ||||| A team of Denver Public Schools crisis counselors is meeting with children at Joe Shoemaker Elementary School on Monday after a 9-year-old student killed himself, authorities say. 
 
 The Denver Coroner’s Office confirmed that Jamel Myles died by suicide on Thursday, according to spokesman Steve Castro. 
 
 “My child died because of bullying. My baby killed himself,” Leia Pierce, the boy’s mother, told The Denver Post on Monday. “He didn’t deserve this. He wanted to make everybody happy even when he wasn’t. I want him back so bad.” 
 
 Pierce said her son came out as gay this summer and began wearing fake fingernails on Aug. 20, the first day at school. Pierce found Jamel’s body on Thursday and tried unsuccessfully to revive her son. 
 
 Jamel was a fourth grader at Shoemaker Elementary, DPS spokesman Will Jones said Monday. 
 
 “It’s always tough when a little one takes his life,” Jones said. “We have our crisis team there.” 
 
 School district grief counselors are meeting with students, teachers, school staff and anyone who is hurting, he said. Teachers plan to call parents of other fourth and fifth graders after school on Monday to speak with them about what happened, he added. 
 
 “Fourth and fifth grade teachers at Shoemaker are creating a space for students to share how they are feeling and to process their emotions after hearing this news,” Jones said. “Teachers are also letting students know about the DPS crisis team members on hand to meet their social-emotional needs.” 
 
 Suicide prevention resources Colorado Crisis Line: 1-844-493-8255, coloradocrisisservices.org. Chat online or text TALK to 38255. Mental Health First Aid: mhfaco.org. Get trained to recognize the signs and how to respond. American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: afsp.org. Join one of their upcoming walks for awareness in Colorado. Crisis Text Line: crisistextline.org. Text 741741 from anywhere in the nation to reach a counselor. Second Wind Fund: thesecondwindfund.org. Links students to mental health professionals and pays for up to 12 counseling sessions. 
 
 School Principal Christine Fleming sent letters to families of Shoemaker Elementary students about the tragedy, Jones said. On Monday, she opened a classroom for parents to come in and speak with school officials about what happened. 
 
 During the summer, Jamel told his mother he was gay while curled up in the back seat of the family car, she said. 
 
 “He was scared because he is a boy and it’s harder on boys when they come out,” Pierce said. “I smiled at him and said, ‘I still loved him.’ This world is missing out.” 
 
 Pierce’s oldest daughter told her that other children had told Jamel to kill himself after he came out as gay. She never heard about the taunting until after his death. 
 
 Jamel loved Pokemon cards, robots, music and wearing a dress with a tiara and high-heeled shoes, his mother said. 
 
 “I’m dead inside. He was beautiful. He was magic. I lost my greatest gift,” she said. 
 
 Pierce said her son was a considerate child who had dreams of becoming a social media star. 
 
 “He said, ‘Mom, I want to be a famous YouTube star so I could buy you a new house,'” Pierce said. “He was the kindest soul.”
– A community in suburban Pittsburgh is grappling with the loss of a 12-year-old boy who committed suicide, his family says, because he was bullied. Evan Ziemniak of North Fayette, Pa., hanged himself on March 23 and was declared dead at a nearby hospital, the New York Daily News reports. Hundreds attended a prayer walk in his honor three days later, and teachers and police officers went to his funeral, but the spotlight has fallen on apparent bullying at West Allegheny Middle School. The suicide "was his response to stop the pain," Evan's grandmother, Debbie Long, tells the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Long says Evan was shoved and stabbed with pencils on the school bus, and others in his family say bullying continued throughout the day. They told the school about it several times, they say, to no effect. School officials admit they need a better anti-bullying policy, but an optional "Kindness Workshop" for eighth-graders in January triggered a backlash when it left some students in tears, WTAE reported at the time. The workshop had students cover their faces with multicolored masks and answer personal questions by standing in a circle; some questions involved sexual orientation and family problems. "The damage they've done to our kids," said an angry parent. "All they did was give the bullies more ammunition." Now Evan—who loved animals, Minecraft, and collecting old coins and antiques—is forcing his community to face a hard issue. The implications "are far-reaching," says Evan's father, Matt. He and his wife "are prepared to do what is necessary to make sure other parents do not have to face the worst tragedy a parent could ever face." (The family of a bullied teen sued his town when he committed suicide.)