Sorry to end this week of blogging on a really sad note, but has anyone seen this story about little Samyah Bailey? As I was turning the pages of the New York Daily News, I came across this photo and my heart sank. My first thought was, "What could've possibly happened to this little girl?" I remembered skimming through a Facebook status last week mentioning a baby getting shot in the face, but never had a chance to look into the story until today, and the story actually runs deeper than the injuries suffered by little Samyah Bailey.
The story about little Samyah goes like this; she was sitting in her stroller licking a lollipop in a crowded courtyard of the Arlington Terrace Apartments in Staten Island, New York, last week when a melee over a girl broke out in gunfire. Little Samyah was caught in the crossfire and shot in the head. The 20-month-old toddler, who miraculously recovered from brain and eye surgery though losing an eye in the ordeal, was released from the hospital yesterday (9/22), but her family stated that they do not feel safe taking her back to their Staten Island home.
Samyah's father, Michael, said that the authorities, so far, have not made good on their promise to relocate his family to another city-owned facility if they helped point out the 19-year-old suspect who shot his daughter in the head. Bailey went on to say that for now, he and his family will be staying with a relative until they can find a safer place to live.
According to the District Attorney's office, officials are working on it, saying that Samyah's mother applied for relocation assistance this past Tuesday and that they were expediting the request due to the severity of the situation. I have to be honest, I don't think that's good enough! This family should have been put in a safer location right away, especially because they helped authorities point out the shooter. Michael Bloomberg, as the mayor of New York City, should've jumped in and helped this family because this poor little girl now has to grow up without an eye and probably, traumatized for the rest of her life! As for the 19-year-old supsect, I hope you go away for a very long time! I hate the the fact that kids are walking around with guns these days. Hell, I don't even like the fact that adults walk around with guns. Why can't there be a law where you have to take a really hard test in order to carry a gun? Trust me, if there was a really hard test to get a gun, more than half of the people carrying guns here in the U.S. will not be carrying one! Back to little Samyah Bailey, I hope that the city does the right thing, and finds your family a safer place to live soon!
Read this story in the NY Daily News here: www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2011/09/23/2011-09-23_future_for_samyah_let_out_of_si_hosp_but_not_in_safe_site.html
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