A Columbine shooting survivor is still fighting to survive, decades later
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2020
- Photos show a Columbine survivor sitting homeless and alone, still fighting medical issues that started when Richard Castaldo was shot outside his school in 1999.
This is so incredibly sad. A 17 year old boy with his future ahead of him, gets shot for eating his lunch at school and is almost punished for it since
while his dad smiled and chuckled with the media in archive video clips, funny, we don't hear where dad id today. I wonder why
People remember those who died, but don't help those who were disabled by it.
We as a world have failed him. I'm in the UK and I'd happily let him stay here if things would allow it. Nobody helped the survivors other than (in my opinion) guilt money and regret but the state didn't try to rehabilitate these people for the better. This is absolutely ridiculous
What happened to his family?
I remember dad from the news clips, but dont recall seeing him in later videos. The dad was a strange character, he was smiling while the press interviewed him
Thank you for drawing attention to this.
u wont do shit attention seeking troll
It’s crazy that people who survived it are probably trying to forget about and we are trying to never forget. Crazy how things work
Understandable. I can’t imagine how scary it was witnessing this firsthand.
@@dewdrop8626 me either I had a mere DREAM I was in the middle of a spree shooting once and even THAT was freaking terrifying!
Our Columbine survivors deserve so much better than this.
Watching this video makes me realize I have nothing to complain about.
Praying for him. This is sad. I think he was in that movie Bowling for Columbine
Yea he was.
@@pappamolly1457 I thought so. thanks
I think the Jefferson county police should pay for a home for Richard because their lack of investigating multiple complaints about eric years before could have prevented everything that day
Facts!
not only that but their shitty planning DURING the shooting which led to so many people dying.
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no, they investigated, i dont disagree with your thoughts, but they knew what was going on and... but, why is the real question we need to know, why it was botched or allowed to happen is just as important to know why they did what they say they did,
This is messed up. The Klebolds and Harrises have money, and Richard Castaldo is poor. Bill Clinton, the city of Littleton, or the U.S. government needs to help this man out. What a damn shame!
read her book. they got their house in a awful state that was plagued by animal infestations but the klebolds thought it was beautiful so they took it on as a fixer upper. shame on you
Why didn’t he sue them
where's his dad at? I recall him from the early newscasts, boy was he smiling, yet richie was in intensive care at Swedish memorial hospital.
Kyle Clark:
What an excellent presentation.
He is still having problems.
Your post was great. Thanks
Sir, what happened to his family? Are they not around anymore?
@@prize5ighter I don’t know too much about that.
@@nworbydnar Okay sir.
Hey randy is their any update with Richard? Did he find a house?
How is he doing? Him being homeless is criminal
here's the gorgeous world we are living in... This guy is a hero and a survivor, he deserves to be protected so he can rest and heal. i know it's pathetic but this guy has one of the most pretty face i've ever seen even if the years the tiredness of life and the pain leave scars, he's so handsome.
I wouldn’t say a hero he didn’t save anyone but he is a survivor and he deserves a positive outcome after this tragedy
@@BlackGirlLovesAnime6 I said hero because I know someone who experienced something similar after a fight, he committed suicide because he couldn't stand the wheelchair. Castaldo who doesn t seem to have so much support is still alive despite all he s been through, it s kind of heroic for me. Same for lance Kirklin, his brother killed himself before columbine, he got shot 5 times, 35 surgeries, went through alcoholism, raised a child as a single parent, I mean WOW. I have been through a lot of hard things like many of us I guess, and life kind of disgusts me most of the time. That s why, when I get to hear stories like these, and the fact that they still have desire for life.... real super heroes for me especially Kirklin, castaldo and the mother of kleybold
@@toupetipoi2177 I think we both hold the same admiration for him but I just don’t call everyone a hero. I feel like the words hero and brave are overused nowadays but to each his own. By that definition I could be seen as a hero but I don’t agree
@@toupetipoi2177 Yeah, that's just NOT the proper usage for the word "hero". Neither is the anecdote for your friend. Not killing yourself just isn't heroic. You should look at them for having a certain strength though.
Fix the subtitles please????
Did his family abandon him ?
I feel so so so bad
A local church would probably be a great place to look for housing or general support.
Were they able to save his home I pray
i just want to send this guy a big hug
Where is his family
I would definitely like to him out but being paralyzed for years is fucked up on every level all because of what poor Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris did that horrific day.
where is his family?
right, that's what ive been posting here. In fact, his dad was seen in newscasts joking and laughing about his son while he was in intensive care, very odd.
Justice for him and Mark Taylor.
youtube might say to the contrary, but might as well use the platform still
That's not fair!!. Dylan and Erik's parents should pay him alimony. It's the least they can do to help correct what their crazy children did.
i wonder why would they not mention Rachel's name? It is through his testimony that we know Rachel's last words.
Because this segment wasn't about her they were focusing on him.
And Rachel wasn't asked anything. Balistics and time doesn't add up. They never got up and personal. Nothing was said between Rachel and E&D. Valeen was asked if she believed in God. There is a lot of miscommunication out there about Columbine. I recommend reading the 11k! Take some of it with a grain of salt though! Have a wonderful day. ❤
I heard that was falsified. It wasn't Rachel that was asked, it was another female student.
@@sezzyridge valeen schnurr. Harris called Rachel " godly whore " in one of the " basement tapes ". Castaldo said he heard Rachel crying before being shot in the head. An hour before a teacher of hers recalled she answered her " I am crying"... talking about the drawing (her eyes watering a rose coming out of a columbine ...with thirteen tears.) Then added " I am going to have an impact on the world."
@@sezzyridge also, Castaldo said he never heard her say anything but a moan. that myth will never cease to resurface
Jfc this deadass brought me to tears a little, this country really screwed him over in the worst way imaginable.. having already lost his friend before his very eyes and then he himself getting shot and basically getting permanentally maimed afterwards was traumatically devastating enough and then having all this happen to him years later.. I pray to dear god that hes doing better now as I type and comment this.. for the love of christ for what he tragically experienced in his live he shouldn't go through this.. 🙏
Awful
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YEP YOU ALL HAVE FAILED THEM ALL
I knew he was doing poorly, but not this bad.
castaldo and scott for lunch
Where’s his family? I’m trying to understand how “we” as a society failed him. It’s not his fault he’s in a wheelchair but it’s not anyone else’s fault he’s homeless. Does he get help? Where is his family? Real quick to blame others but people need to acknowledge their own mistakes and put the blame where it belongs.
I heard he was one of the bullies at Columbine. If that is the case, f him. God made sure he suffered.
I want hear more of this info, where can I read more about it?
Shut the hell up.
That’s mean!
I heard he was friends w Rachel so I’m dubious he was rotten
Oh shut the hell up.