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Several hundred people gathered to grieve at a park in Surrey, B.C., on Friday night to give their condolences over a candlelight vigil in memory of Amanda Todd. The 15-year-old teenage victim girl committed suicide few weeks back because she was bullied at school and on the internet for years.
Surrey’s Mayor, Dianne Watts, spoke to the gathering in Holland Park saying that bullying has to be accounted for where ever it occurs. She mentioned that “Amanda’s death has sparked outrage, grief — and to those who are still suffering in silence, I want to send one message: that there is help available and you are not alone.” Watts exclaimed that Amanda Todd’s story is a complete heart-wrenching once; it shows utter exploitation, sufferings and its consequences. She informed the crowd that “no child should feel such pain, loneliness and helplessness.” She stated that “Amanda’s death has sparked outrage, grief and the collective coming together of all of us today to create change.”
RCMP Supt. Bill Fordy read out a letter written by Todd’s family at Surrey’s vigil. It mentioned that “we are overwhelmed with your thoughts, prayers and love from each and every one of you. We would like to see changes made around the world to put an end to bullying once and for all.”
The Surrey vigil was conducted by a group called, Global Girl Power. Founder of the group, Navi Gill, declared that “We have right now over 40 cities all over the globe … That includes Spain, India, Japan. We have somebody in Aruba [and] Denmark that wanted to join us on this day to light up the world and stand up against bullying.”
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