Update: Thank you to everyone that has supported this cause!!
Julien and family would like to send some money to the family of my nephew to help with the costs of flying him home abruptly, keeping him on a 24 hr. suicide watch, and with the live-in rehabilitation program that he will begin this month.
If you would keep sharing, we are hoping to send $1000 or more towards the family of this teen.
Trigger warning: Suicide, train accident, loss of limb
La historia en español sigue por abajo.
Recently, a real-life hero was hurt saving a life. Last week Julien Hidalgo, a senior at Edison High School, came to the aid of a friend who was coping with depression, had been drinking and was intent on taking his own life. As his friend laid on the train tracks, a train began backing up. Julien risked his own life to get his friend off those tracks. Julien, in that moment, embodied the best of us. He was sober, and he acted selflessly. The cost of his selflessness? His leg.
That suicidal boy was my nephew. I’ve cried enough tears for a year in the last week. Luckily, my nephew is back with his parents and seeking the treatment he needs for his illnesses: depression, PTSD, and alcoholism.
When tragedy strikes our community, I have seen time and time again the outpouring of love and support that I hope this story of sacrifice will inspire once again. Julien risked his own life to save my nephew from himself. He had to have his leg amputated as a result of his injuries.
Julian and his family need your help. This is a life sentence of being differently-abled, and a reminder of the loss of hope that so many young people growing up and living through the last couple of years are experiencing. The family is facing huge medical bills due to the amputation and don't have the means to cover the prosthetic leg and physical therapy that will be needed as part of his treatment.
WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP? Can you spare $50? $100?
Please dig deep. Psychological healing is needed as well as physical. This is going to be an expensive treatment. Now it is your turn to embody the best this community has to offer. Please share generously and widely to help this hero begin to heal from this tragic accident.
Español:
Recientemente, un héroe de la vida real fue herido salvando una vida. La semana pasada, Julien Hidalgo, estudiante de último año en Edison High School, acudía en ayuda de un amigo que estaba lidiando con la depresión, había estado bebiendo y tenía la intención de quitarse la vida. Mientras su amigo yacía en las vías del tren, un tren comenzó a retroceder. Julien arriesgó su propia vida para sacar a su amigo de esas pistas. Julien, en ese momento, encarnó lo mejor de nosotros. Estaba sobrio y actuó desinteresadamente. ¿El costo de su desinterés? Su pierna.
Ese niño suicida era mi sobrino. He llorado suficientes lágrimas durante un año en la última semana. Afortunadamente, mi sobrino está de vuelta con sus padres y buscando el tratamiento que necesita para sus enfermedades: depresión, trastorno de estrés postraumático y alcoholismo. Cuando la tragedia golpea a nuestra comunidad, he visto una y otra vez la efusión de amor y apoyo que espero que esta historia de sacrificio inspire una vez más. Julien arriesgó su propia vida para salvar a mi sobrino de sí mismo. Tuvo que amputarle la pierna como resultado de sus heridas. Julián y su familia necesitan tu ayuda. Esta es una sentencia de cadena perpetua de tener capacidades diferentes, y un recordatorio de la pérdida de esperanza que tantos jóvenes que crecen y viven los últimos años están experimentando.
La familia se enfrenta a enormes facturas médicas debido a la amputación y no tiene los medios para cubrir la pierna protésica y la terapia física que se necesitará como parte de su tratamiento.
¿QUÉ PUEDES HACER PARA AYUDAR? ¿Puedes ahorrar $50? ¿$100?
Por favor, profundice. Se necesita curación psicológica y física. Este va a ser un tratamiento costoso. Ahora es su turno de encarnar lo mejor que esta comunidad tiene para ofrecer. Por favor, comparta generosa y ampliamente para ayudar a este héroe a comenzar a sanar de este trágico accidente.
Venmo info for Julien is: Julien-Hidalgo if that feels better for your donation.
