Discrimination

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are bullying they have to realize that words are very powerful and what you think is just fun and games isn't to some people, and you are destroying a lot of lives," Jamey�s father told WIVB.

Tracy Rodemeyer misses her son, but hopes the loss can still be used to teach a message of tolerance. She says, "It took him away from our family way too early and we're just convinced that he had a purpose on this planet and it was to help as many people as he could.�

Last year, a boy stepped in front of a tractor-trailer and became the latest victim of school bullying to turn to suicide. Brandon Bitner, who had a close group of friends and a passion for the violin, wrote in his suicide note that he felt unable to stop the torment he faced for three years at school.

�People have to know that this can happen to anyone, even people you don�t suspect,� says Bitner�s cousin. Aside from an incident just prior to Bitner�s death, his difficulties were rarely reported to the school�s ...

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