Create a Peer Security Network - We keep each other safe.
My friend Jo's Story is the motivation behind my passion. I want to creating a peer security network. A network of people that can keep each other safe. There are too many negative messages hitting the headlines around the world. I have decided to do something about it.
Communities like WA will help people create relationships. Relationships can save peoples lives. You can ask the question, "Are you OK". I think people need to interact with others regularly to keep positive, set goals and make the world a better place.
I will put a small segment of Jo's story below to show you how quickly your life can change. If you have the right people around you, you can continue to grow and get yourself back on top.
"he realised he was in trouble" - Jo's Story of Jett. #JettsStory
A few years ago I was the single mother of an 18 year old son, Jett. An engaging, eloquent and talented young man. And yes, defiant at times, typically disorganised and impulsive. Like most his age, he thought he knew it all, and mum knew nothing.
I had told him every time he went out that he wasn’t to catch public transport alone, and naturally he assured me he wouldn’t. And naturally, I believed him.
Late one Saturday afternoon he hopped a train from his friends place to go to a party the other side of Sydney, and fell asleep on the train, overshooting his station. One stop short of ‘end of the line’ three youths woke him saying ‘Mate this is the last station’. It was in fact, the second last station really nothing more than a remote platform 1 km from a main road. Jett stayed on the station not knowing what to do as there was no guard, no timetable and no one else around. Thinking that the guys who were kind enough to wake him might help him out, he followed them to the car park and found himself alone with a group of 15 youths all milling around.
As their attention turned to him, he realised he was in trouble and unable to get back to the platform, tried to be friendly. But he was scared. I asked him later, ‘How did you feel when you realised you were in trouble’. ‘Mum I thought I was gonna die’, he answered.
Jett was beaten pretty badly and left for dead and to this day carries the scars by way of three metal plates in his jaw. As he lay there dazed and confused he could hear them laughing, he said they seemed far away, Jett in fact was losing consciousness.
It’s still not clear how he managed to get back to the platform and press the emergency button, but he did and 5 police cars arrived, as this particular station was a well known ‘hang’ to the police, and he was taken to hospital.
I’ll never forget the phone call, the one that every parent dreads.
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I agree. Moving story. We need to watch out for each other