14-year-old Zak Touilii had only one great passion left in his life, the PS3 and the games given to him by the Make-A-Wish foundation. Last week, thieves broke into Zak’s Wollongong residence in Australia and took away his only respite from his terminal illness. Zak has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, which is a degenerative disease characterized by the speed at which it hits its victims.
In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Zak asks the only question he can right now.
Why did they have to do that?
Zak’s mother, who also lost jewelry and appliances in the robbery, relates the moment in which her son found out his priceless was object gone.
He came flying out the front door and was just hysterical saying, 'Mum, they took my PlayStation.'
Yesterday, the Make-A-Wish Foundation lambasted the thievery and the extra amount of wretchedness required to do an already terrible thing to such an unlucky boy. No word was given if the Foundation was going to try to replace the system and games.
This is obviously a terrible act, and makes me question the sanctity of the human race. All I can hope for is that the authorities can catch the degenerates that did this and set this tragic event straight, for Zak’s sake. We may think of videogames as entertainment, but for Zak it was a release from an otherwise depressing life.
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2:51 PM on 07.01.2008
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j/k j/k
What a story sad
The thieves, not the kid!
I'm not even religious, but how can you do that to the poor kid?
HIS PRICELESS IS OBJECT GONE!! :C
What fucking assholes. I hope they get hit by a train, and live, but die a slow and painful death.
Hope the kids gets his ps3 back or another.
He's faking.
That's all I can post right now. There are other things that I can put down, but I'm simply choosing not to, since I may miss the point.
Anyways I hope he gets another PS3 to replace it, or finds someone else/something else to comfort him.
As a child, i've spent many a day(years) in a hosp. due to reasons i won't go into but to steal something from someone who could put up little to no defense in said incident.
To those robbers/thieves/assholes:
May your limbs be dismembered one by one (without proper painkilling/anesthesia meds.) until you resemble Lt. Dan from -forest gump- without arms. And live out your days as a miserable vegetable.
dammit, now i got to go play some GTA to vent....
Not saying theiving is alright or anything here, but... Did the theives target him because of the Make-A-Wish present PS3?
I mean, this sounds like they are bastards because they knowingly stole of an ill kid, not because they stole a PS3 in general.
...Wouldn't it suck even more if the kid got a red ring?
Hope the boy and his mother find some solace.
I'd help out with that.
It feels sooooooooooo gooooooooood
i kid!! i wouldn't mind donating to a fund to replace this kid's ps3 and a copy of the golden compass.. just tell me where to put the monies
Also, I might be seeing NIN this October in New Orleans at VOODOO Fest.
It was merely a joke and that is a horrible idea. But remember 3 years ago we didn't require BluRay....now look at it.
:D
and yeah i don't think the thieves would check on the owner's health before breaking into a random house and tealing something.
still awful.
Still sucks, but it's not like they robbed the Make A Wish van on the way to his house, or took it out of his hospital room or something. It was just your typical home robbery.
Poor kid. :[
Make a Wish is a great foundation. I knew this kid who met Derek Jeter, and play with him. He had 2 heart transplants...
http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=ps3&thread.id=3040607
"Fuck Humans".