Amanda the Teen Activist - Feathers & Freedom by Catherine Kelaher

10 to investigate the sudden death of the tormented teenager. My name is Amanda Todd.'Īuthorities were called to a residence in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, just before 6 p.m. 'Every day, I think, why am I still here?' she asked towards the end of the video.

Students posted photos of ditches and suggested she try another bleach. Todd moved to another school in another city, but said the torture followed her through Facebook. Did you wash the mud out of your hair? I hope she's dead,'' she wrote. 'After I got home, all I saw was on Facebook-'She deserved it. The photo and the bullying online and in school drove her to depression, drugs, alcohol, cutting and a suicide attempt with bleach. Even after moving towns and schools multiple times, the man continued to follow her online and use her photo, she said. Todd said that the man put the photo online and sent it to everyone she knew. One year later, she did and the man took a photo of her chest. In the video, Todd described using webcam chats to meet and talk to new people online as a seventh grade student, including a man who pressured her to flash her chest. Since her death, the video has been viewed more than 3 million times. 7 and was found dead in her home town of Port Coquitlam, British Columbia on Oct. Todd posted the video called 'My story: Struggling, bullying, suicide, self harm' on Sept. 16, 2012 — - Canadian authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 15-year-old Amanda Todd, who made a heartbreaking video chronicling years of bullying in school and online, previous suicide attempts and humiliation that lasted up until her death.Īuthorities have opened a probe into her death and 'anyone that had contact with her' before she died, police said.

Amanda the Teen Activist - Feathers & Freedom by Catherine Kelaher