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[narrator] Two outcastsbecome best friends.
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They gravitated towards each other.
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[narrator] Until their friendship ignites,a deadly plot for revenge.
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It just exploded.
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I would have never expected this.
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-[911 operator] What is your emergency?
-[woman] Please help me. Please help me.
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[narrator] Keep your friends closeand your enemies closer.
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[dramatic music playing]
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[teacher] Who has a story
that they want to share with us?
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[narrator] Megan Meier is outgoing,with a loud, in-your-face attitude.
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From early on Megan was her own person.
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Goofy, funny.
Definitely a far out there type girl.
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[Emily] This girl had so much spunk.
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She was just kind of: "I'm Megan Meier,
I'm here, I'm here to stay."
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[narrator]
But her quirky and impulsive personality,
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makes it difficult for herto make friends.
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That is until she meets Sarah Drewin the fourth grade.
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Soon the girls become best friends.
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They gravitated towards each other.
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[narrator] Like Megan,Sarah is also lonely and unpopular
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Sarah was so ridiculously shy.
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I mean it was literally if you said "Boo!"
the kid would have been startled.
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She was just this really sweet girl.
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Just so mild mannered and quiet,
and she was very soft-spoken.
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[narrator] For the next three years,they’re joined at the hip.
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[Tina]
Megan and Sarah would spend the night,
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they would go like to a baseball game
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or go to the movies or go roller-skating
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or ride bikes or do different things.
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Sarah thought the world of Megan
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and Megan was happy
to have Sarah as a friend.
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They’d like hang out
for a whole weekend like inseparable.
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[peaceful music playing]
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[narrator] Megan and Sarah thinkthey’ll always be close.
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But little do they know, their friendshipwould have deadly consequences.
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[children laughing]
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[narrator]
It all starts in the seventh grade.
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Megan and Sarahare no longer just unpopular,
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now, they're the targetof extreme bullying.
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[Emily] People would definitely talkbehind Sarah's back.
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It would be laughing and giggling
and whispering.
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[narrator] Sarah keeps to herselfand tries to fly under the radar
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to avoid being picked on.
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But Megan can't.
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Her loud and over the top personality,
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attracts the attention of more bullies.
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They were more aggressive towards Megan.
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[narrator] Day in and day out,Megan is bullied without mercy.
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They would comment about
Megan's appearance,
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and they would call her like a slut.
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"Megan you are annoying. Megan shut up."
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[Emily] She definitely put up a frontthat it didn't bother her.
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But deep down it did bother her.
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It really does take a tollon your self-esteem.
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When Megan would look in the mirror
she thought she was all of those things.
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She said:"I hate myself, mom. Everybody hates me."
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[narrator] Megan desperately tries to finda way out of her situation.
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It was survival,
trying to get this bullying to stop.
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Megan came up with a plan.
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[narrator] And her plan is ambitious.
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Megan sets her sightson befriending the popular girls
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and joining the in crowd.
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[Tina] In her mind she thoughtif she can befriend them,
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maybe these boys who were nice to
those girls would stop making fun of her
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because she would be included
in that group.
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[Brittany] She started to wearlike more name brand clothes.
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In the mornings and stuff before school,
she'd freak out
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because she wouldn't have
anything to wear.
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Her room was always a disaster because
she tried 5,000 outfits
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and she'd put on a bunch of make-up.
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[narrator] Megan is willing to do anythingto be accepted by the popular girls.
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She even tries to buy their friendshipby giving them gifts
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and decorating their lockerson their birthdays.
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Megan would have given them
every single thing she owned
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if they just would have been
friends with her.
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[narrator] It seems to work.
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When the popular girls beginto invite Megan to parties,
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she believes they've accepted her.
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Now, Megan is so busy with her new friendsthat she starts to ignore Sarah.
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Sarah kind of felt that:
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"Well why? Why are you wanting to be
friends with them, I am your friend."
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But Megan feltSarah would have held her back.
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[narrator] Sarah and Megan's relationshipbegins to suffer.
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Sarah resents being left behindby the newly popular Megan.
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[Allison] When Megan wouldn't hang outwith her she'd feel hurt and jealous.
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She was so devastated.
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And I genuinely felt so bad for her.
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Things started to turn.
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[narrator] Soon, the girls become so angryand resentful with each other
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they start to argue all the time.
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One girl was having her feelings hurt.
One girl was upset.
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When they were in an argument,
opposite ends of the room.
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Friends one day, not friends the next day.
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-I didn't!
-You're lying.
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[narrator] It gets so bad, that Sarah'smother, Lori, calls Megan's mother, Tina,
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to try to salvage the relationship.
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Lori was so involved with the friendship
that it was overwhelming.
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I finally said I can't make Meganwant to be friends with her
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just like you can't make Sarah
want to be friends with Megan.
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[narrator] There's nothing anyone can do.
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And by the end of seventh grade,the friendship ends.
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It was done and over with.
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[Tina] Megan just kind of moved on.But Sarah felt abandoned.
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[Emily] Sarah was really hurt.
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I could only imagine losing someone that
had been my best friend for so long.
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[narrator] But it's only the beginning.The rejection Sarah feels
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would set into motion a chain of eventsno one could have imagined.
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I didn't think someone
who had always appeared to be so nice
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be capable of doing something
so horrendous.
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[narrator] Megan has just dumped Sarah,her best friend of four years,
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to get in withthe popular girls at school.
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[Tina] Sarah viewed it as abandonment.
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Megan kind of viewed it as moving on.
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She thought the popular girlscould elevate her
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out of this bullying situation
that she was going through.
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[narrator]
But something unexpected happens.
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Megan's new popular friends dump her.
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-[schoolgirl] I mean look at your shoes.
-[schoolgirl] ...your hair!
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One minute they were buddy-buddy,
the next minute everyone turned on Megan
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and she was out
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as fast as she was in.
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[narrator]
Sarah feels secretly vindicated,
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that Megan is now getting a tasteof her own medicine.
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[Emily] Sarah just wanted Meganto feel the same way that she had.
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[narrator] But now that Megan is outof the in crowd,
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she's bullied worse than before.
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And she sees no hope of it ever stopping.
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She cried in the mornings going to school.
Begging me, do not make her go back.
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[narrator] Megan can't take it any longer
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and decides to transferto a different school for eighth grade.
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[Tina] And it was just this fresh start.
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Megan made these amazing,wonderful friends.
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[narrator]
Although Sarah is still angry with Megan,
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she tries to make new friends too.
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[Emily] Sarah tried to just hang outwith more people and she replaced Megan.
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[narrator] Her new best friendis a girl named Jessica Mulford.
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Like Sarah,she has trouble making friends.
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Sarah and Jessica were like two outcasts
that became friends.
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[narrator]
But even though Sarah has a new friend,
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she still hasn't gotten overwhat she considers Megan's betrayal.
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And her anger would soon boil over.
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One day at school, Megan hears a rumor,
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that Sarah is talking trash about heron MySpace.
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[Emily] Megan was concerned that Sarahwas saying things about her on MySpace.
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[narrator] A few days later, Sarah hearsthat Megan has retaliated online.
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There was a rumor that was going around
that Megan had called Sarah a lesbian.
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[narrator] The gossip goes back and forthin cyberspace,
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but the two girls never talk face to face.
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Soon after,Megan receives a MySpace friend request
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from a cute older boy named Josh Evans.
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He was 16.
He was like really cute, really hot.
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And she was so excited.
Like she was always talking about him.
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He told Megan that she was beautiful
and gave her that boost of self-esteem.
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[narrator] Megan and Josh talk every day.
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She confides in him all her feelings,
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even negative ones about girlsshe's angry with from her old school,
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including Sarah.
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Josh is always there to lend an ear.
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And over the next five weeks,their online relationship blossoms.
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He told Megan
they were boyfriend and girlfriend.
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[narrator] They haven't met in person yetbut like most kids their age,
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their cyber romanceis as meaningful as any.
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Megan had learned te amo in Spanish,
which is "I love you"
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and so, you know,
they would say te amo back and forth.
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[narrator] By Monday October 16th 2006,
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Megan has never been happier.
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She's finally free from bullying at schooland in a wonderful relationship.
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Not only that,she's getting her braces off
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and her 14th birthday party is coming up.
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Sarah is not on the guest list.But all her new friends are attending.
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[Tina] She's like:"Mom, everybody's coming to the party!"
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She found this adorable black and white
polka dot birthday dress
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that she loved
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and she was so excitedshe couldn't stand it.
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[narrator]
But Sarah is still seething with anger
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that Megan dumped her in the first place,
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and unbeknownst to MeganSarah is plotting to make her pay.
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Sarah felt that Megan on purpose
was trying to hurt Sarah
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by not being friends with her anymore.
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Sarah wanted to hurt Megan.
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[narrator] After school that day,Megan logs into MySpace
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and a message from Joshshatters her entire world.
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She was like:
"What happened? What did I do wrong?"
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She didn't know what to do
and she didn't know where to turn.
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It just exploded.
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[narrator] Sarah is secretly plottingrevenge, against her ex-best friend Megan.
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Megan has no idea.
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She is now focused on Josh,her online boyfriend
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and absolute dream guy.
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Megan finally has somebody who,
liked her and told her she's beautiful
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and she really was like a lot more upbeat.
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[narrator] But from such a high, Meganis dealt a sudden and unexpected blow
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when on Monday October 16th 2006
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she sees a devastating post on MySpace.
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[Tina]
It was a message from Josh that said:
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"I don't want to be friends with you
anymore. You're not a nice person.
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No one likes you.
No one wants to be friends with you!"
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[narrator] Just like that,Josh breaks up with her.
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She was devastated.
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[narrator] Megan racks her brain,to figure out what suddenly went so wrong,
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after a perfect five weeks.
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[Tina] Why would he all of a sudden flipand change on her like that?
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She was like bawling her eyes out.
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It really, really hurt her.
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[narrator]
But things would only get worse for Megan,
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when Josh turns other peopleagainst her too.
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He digs up Megan's earlier messagescontaining nasty comments
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about the popular girlsfrom her old school.
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Then Josh forwards them to those girls.
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Then he said:
"Look, she's saying things about you."
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And then they started attacking Megan.
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[narrator] The girls begin calling Megannames on MySpace for everyone to see.
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And it doesn't stop there.
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When other kids in townsee what's being said,
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they get whipped into a frenzy,and join in the cyberbullying.
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[Emily] "Megan Meier is fat,Megan Meier is not a good friend,
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she's a liar."
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[Tina] "You're a bitch, you're a slut,you're a [bleep] whore."
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Telling her that no one liked her.
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[narrator] It's like her childhoodbullying all over again,
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but this time the barrage of viciousattacks catches her completely off guard.
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All of the sudden it started spiraling
out of control.
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She was hysterical.
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Everybody at her old school,everybody at her new school.
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And all these people now were against her.
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[narrator]
It seems everyone has joined in…
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everyone except Megan's ex-best friendSarah, who mysteriously says nothing.
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But then, the meanest and most devastatingmessage of them all appears.
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And it comes from the person Meganonce thought cared about her the most.
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Josh said: "The world would be
a better place without you
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and have a [bleep] rest of your life."
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All of a sudden I think for herit came crashing down.
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That was just the cherry on top
of everything else.
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There's so many emotions already,
spinning out of control,
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and then someone tells you that, you know,
you're better of dead, it's terrible.
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It set her off and made her think:
"Nobody likes me. Nobody cares about me.
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I feel like I'm just alone."
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And she just lost it.
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I knew she was upset.
I knew it hurt her feelings.
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It was just not something that I even
dreamed that Megan would have done.
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[narrator] Megan's online boyfriend Josh,has just broken up with her
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and caused dozens of kids in townto publicly attack her on MySpace.
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Although her ex-best friend Sarahsurprisingly doesn't join in,
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it seems everyone Megan knowsis now cyberbullying her.
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It just exploded.
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And all the people saying
all of the horrible things about her.
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[narrator]
It's all falling apart for Megan
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and family and friendscan't seem to help her.
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Megan just panicked because she felt that
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everybody at her old school,
everybody at her new school,
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they were going to believe these things.
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She instantly saw that flash backto the bullying
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and she was petrifiedof that happening again.
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I just think
she just hit her breaking point.
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What's the matter, what happened?
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I was trying to get her to calm down.
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But was just so overwhelmingand so crushing for her.
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That she looked at me cryingand started to run up the stairs.
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Probably 20 minutes went by
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and I just had this horrible feeling thatran through my body. I can't explain it.
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[narrator] Tina races to Megan's bedroom
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and comes face to facewith a mother's worst nightmare.
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[Tina] I screamed. My heart is pounding,I'm like completely numb.
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It's the most horrible feeling.
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[narrator] Megan is hangingfrom a belt in the closet.
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I ran over to try to lift her up.
She was lifeless.
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Her dad ran upstairs and he got her down
and was starting CPR.
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I'm running around the house
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screaming at the top of my lungs
to the 911 operator.
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-[991 operator] What is your emergency?
-[Tina] My daughter just hung herself!
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[911 operator] Calm down,what is going on there?
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[Tina] My daughter just hung herself.
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Oh my god. Please help me. Please help me.
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I remember literally praying like:
"Please, please, I will do whatever,
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please save her. Please help her."
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[narrator] But there's nothinganyone can do.
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Just 20 days shy of her 14th birthday,Megan Meier dies.
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[dramatic music playing]
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A complete part of me died…
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along with her.
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Walking out of that hospitalwithout your child,
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I mean it was...
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it's just you can't even understand it.
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I still to this day...
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look back and think...
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I just don't know how it happened.
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[narrator]
Megan's ex-best friend Sarah finds out
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and seems to be in complete shock.
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[Emily]
Sarah was grieving heavily over it.
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I remember her crying a lot.
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[narrator]
Now, Megan's parents are desperate
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to understand the eventsleading up to Megan's suicide.
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After Megan took her own life,
I think I remember
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the question was "Why?"
I mean, it was "Why?"
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and I would literally scream it inside:
"Why?"
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Losing a child to suicide I questionedmyself a million and one times.
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[narrator] Tina starts by questioningwhat happened with Josh.
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His relationship with Meganhad started out so well.
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Hoping for answers,she decides to contact him on MySpace.
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I remember looking on the computer
and searching,
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looking for this Josh Evans account.
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[narrator] But Josh's entire account,has been deleted.
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All of a sudden it just went away.
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How in the world did he just disappear?
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[narrator] Megan's parents askall of Megan's friends for information
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but strangely they can't find anyonewho has ever met Josh in person.
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What was going on?
Why did all this stuff happen?
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[narrator] Then on November 25th 2006,
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Tina gets shocking informationfrom an unlikely source.
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The motherof Sarah's new best friend Jessica.
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She shook her head and started
having tears roll down her face and said:
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"I just need to tell you
this Josh Evans account is fake."
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[narrator] There is no Josh Evans.
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Megan's boyfriend was made upby her ex-best friend Sarah
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along with her mother Lori,and Lori's work assistant, Ashley Grills.
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I would have never expected this,
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if I didn't know,
I would have never believed it.
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[narrator] Incredibly, they had createdthe fictional Josh character
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to start a fake relationship with Megan.
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I thought:
"How in the world could you do that?
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Why would somebody do that?"
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I was filled with
the most hatred and anger
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I've ever felt in my entire life
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along with the most
deeply saddened feeling
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thinking Megan had no clue that these...they were fake.
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She had no idea.
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They knew that Megan was boy-crazy.
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It was absolutely a trapand Megan walked right into it.
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[narrator] Once Megan cared about Josh,
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Sarah's plan for revengewas finally set in motion.
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They had him dump her, so she would feel
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the same hurt and rejectionthat Sarah had.
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[Tina] It was a way for them to say:
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"You didn't want to hang out with her,we're getting you back."
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But I don't think their original intention
was Megan's going to take her own life.
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[narrator] Still, what happened to Megan
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had its roots in the cyberattackthey had planned.
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And I think for Lori,
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she was trying to defend her daughter.
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And for Sarah, I think she thought:
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"Since my mother is in on this too
it can't be that bad."
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I don't think anyone ever thought
that it would come to this.
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What they did was irresponsible
and unforgivable,
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but it's easy to see how someone
could be so swept up into
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just so much emotion and so much angerthat they don't foresee the consequences.
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[narrator] Although they didn't meanto drive Megan to suicide,
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ultimately, their actions did play a part.
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The Meier's report the Drew'sdeadly deception to the authorities.
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Lori Drew is charged with violatingthe federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
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We went to trial in November of 2008.
The jury found Lori Drew guilty
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on three misdemeanors,which carried a year a piece.
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I absolutely wanted her to face
every single day. This is justice.
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[narrator] But unfortunately for Megan'sfamily, the conviction is overturned.
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In the eyes of the law, it isn't illegalto make up a fictitious online account.
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The judge would have to convict anybody
else who lied on social networking sites.
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So unfortunately,
there was nothing they could do.
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[narrator] As word of the case spreads,the community is up in arms.
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[Tina]
Society itself was absolutely outraged
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and they went at them with a vengeance.
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They closed her business down,
bricks were thrown through their windows.
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People were hackinginto their cells phones.
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Sarah was more alienated than ever and
their life was just under a microscope.
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Everyone was so swept up
in the media frenzy.
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[narrator]
The Drews even receive death threats.
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Sarah and her family ultimately move away.
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In 2007,Tina starts the Megan Meier Foundation
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to tell children"Suicide is not the answer"
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and raise awarenessabout how fatal bullying can be.
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It's like still something I deal with,every day.
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I don't think...
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I'll ever find anybody
that can take her spot.
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Megan was this amazing,
wonderful girl with a great spirit.
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I feel so blessed to be a mom
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because some people
don't have all of that through a lifetime
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and I was able to get that with Megan
for almost 14 years, so...
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She was an amazing kid.
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[narrator] In this case,best friends Megan and Sarah
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were both victims of bullying.
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And in the end, to seek revenge,Sarah became a bully herself
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and helped push Megan over the edge.
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There is definitely
two sides to every story
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and this story is unfortunately
a tragic one.
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