Bully Page #5

just 11 years old,

believed to have been desperate

enough to take his own life.

The very guns

that Ty had learned to respect,

his family says,

he turned on himself.

At this time,

we're looking into all avenues

to try to figure out

why this tragedy occurred.

At this time,

there's no indication

that bullying was a factor.

But despite

what the superintendent says,

friends say Ty Field

was the victim of bullying.

There was this kid

that picks on him all the time.

He came up to him

and started being mean,

and I told him

that he needed to leave

because we didn't

want any problems.

When I saw him last,

he was really sad and crying.

You can do it.

I don't want to, either.

I'm right here

and you're in my arms.

- I know.

- We'll tuck him in one more time.

We'll put him to bed.

Tuck the baby in one more time.

Everybody turn

to face the casket.

Pass it to the person next to you.

I believe

most strongly in my heart

that when a child dies,

they go straight to be with God.

They go straight to his presence.

But what does that leave for us...

the ones who are left behind?

We're just a couple

of simple people.

You know, we're... We're nobodies.

I guarantee you if

some politician's kid did this

because he was getting picked on

in a public school,

you know, there'd be a law tomorrow.

There'd be changes made tomorrow.

You know? We're nobody.

But we love each other,

and we loved our son.

We'd go

and work on our clubhouse.

It's way back out in the woods,

and no one but me and Ty

knows where it is.

We would just entertain

ourselves for about five hours.

It would feel like 30 minutes.

Just hanging out,

having a good time.

Ty was just

the coolest kid I knew.

This, right here, is the main part

of it, right up here.

When we got bored we'd go down in there

and hunt for rabbits and stuff.

And then the secret part is way back

there that no one's allowed to see.

Bullying's not cool.

And I'll tell you,

in the second grade, I tried

to fit in with so many people

that I was probably

the biggest bully

in the whole school,

when I was in second grade.

But once I got into third...

In third, I started to realize

what a jerk I was being to kids

and what it could do.

And then in fourth

I really started realizing

that it's gonna hurt someone,

so I decided

to be cool with everyone.

Even when people would bully him

I'd, like, I'd get

so angry, and I could...

I think I could have hurt those kids

so bad that done something to him.

Like they'll push him down and say,

"Shut up, spaz. You're a spaz,"

or throw him into a locker

or shove him into one.

And I'd just, like, go to take off

after them and he'd be like,

"Trey, it's not worth it.

Be better than them.

It's all right." And then

he'd walk off with a smile.

And I don't know

how he could do it.

He was way stronger than I was.

If it was up to me, if I was

the king of the United States,

I'd make it to where

there was no popularity,

everyone was equal,

because that's how it should be.

A rabbit. Me and Ty would

have been after that so quick.

I wonder where it went.

I just got rain in my eye!

- I hate the rain.

- I love rain.

I like it, like...

You know what my philosophy is?

My philosophy about rain is?

You know how when people can't

hold it in anymore, they cry?

That's what...!

Yeah, and they like...

The world is taking so much in

that it can't hold anymore,

that's why it rains.

'Cause it's letting go.

Lightning bolt!

- Did you see it?

- No, rain got in my eye.

That is so awesome.

- I'm getting wet.

- Thunder is amazing.

Tyler, Summer,

Caitlin, Brooke...

If I didn't have them...

I wouldn't be here.

For sure, like 100 percent.

They are everything

that makes me get up

and walk in the doors

to school every morning.

I couldn't do it without them.

I've got my, what, four-foot-ten

girlfriend to protect me?

She saw flowers.

- Give me my shoes!

- No! That's Kelby's.

She's more important than you.

Jump and I'll catch you.

Would you catch me?

You know, I just

keep thinking that maybe

I'm the one that is in this town

that can make a change.

I don't want them to win,

and I don't want to back down,

and maybe all it takes

is for one person to stand up.

You're not just

standing up for you.

You're standing up

for all the kids

that go through this

every single day.

These are my special

little cherubs, right here,

that are getting on these buses.

These are the ones

that you pray every night

that they get home safely.

- Get your ass off my book bag.

- OK.

- Here.

- Move! Move!

I'll beat your ass.

What?

Why are you punching me?

I'll use my cell phone, b*tch.

Little b*tch.

- Come on!

- No, no, no.

- B*tch!

- Why you stabbing me with it?

- Gonna knock your fish lips off!

- B*tch!

- Give it to him hard.

- B*tch!

I would've never guessed

in a million years it was that bad.

Do you understand that, at some point,

you've gotten used to this?

And I'm not.

I'm not used to it

because I didn't know.

And I'm not about

to get used to it.

Does it make you feel good

when they punch you?

Or kick you? Or stab you?

Do these things

make you feel good?

Well, no. Well, I don't know.

I'm starting to think

I don't feel anything anymore.

I don't understand, Alex.

Friends are supposed

to make you feel good.

That's the point of having them.

It's someone else on the planet

you can connect with.

Your only connection to these kids

is that they like to pound on you.

If you... If you say

these people aren't my friends,

then what friends do I have?

I'd like to see Kim

or Paula or someone?

- Are you guys together?

- Yes.

OK.

How can I help you guys?

My voice is shaking.

I'm very upset.

I'm gonna be honest. I'm upset enough I

don't want him to ride the bus anymore.

- What bus is he on?

- Fifty-four.

- OK.

- It's absolutely not acceptable.

I mean, they're

stabbing him with pencils,

and choking him, and...

Buses are notoriously bad places

for lots of kids.

I... You know, I wish I could say

I could make it stop on that,

but I'm not gonna lie to you.

I can't. Um, but what we can do

is we can get him on another bus.

So if I put him on another bus

I have, what, little to no guarantee

that he'll be safe on that bus, either?

When I was on the bus,

when I was a kid,

if you got out

of your seat, they pulled over,

the whole world stopped until

everybody sat down and shut up.

How come they don't do anything now?

They just drive.

Like, there should be

more responsibility than that.

She's...

It's gotta be heard, at least,

and they're up, running up

and down the hall of the bus.

Now, I've ridden 54.

I've been on that route.

I've been on a couple of them.

They are just as good as gold.

I feel real bad

that this happened.

You send your kids to school

with the assumption

that if they're out of your care,

they're in someone else's

who is just as capable as you

of keeping them safe,

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