Hla lub ntsiab ntsiab lus

Anthony zaj dabneeg

Kaum rau xyoo Anthony muab cov khoom plig ntawm cov ntaub so ntswg thiab ob lub qhov muag tom qab nws tuag, pab 54 cov neeg ntawm tag nrho cov muaj hnub nyoog 14 lub xeev.

Anthony – nws tej zej zog hu ua nws tub huabtais Charming – yog koom tes nrog football, hockey, skateboarding, hluas ministry, thiab coj camps. Nws yog ib tug qauv nrog ib lub plawv hlub thiab ib luag loj luag. Nws hlub tsev kawm ntawv thiab tau tiav nws ua ntej ACT thiab yog xav txog hauj lwm hauv engineering los yog kev kawm.

"Thaum ib tug neeg tuag, neeg yuav muab lawv rau ib pedestal. Tiam sis Anthony yog weird!" luag nws niam, ntxhais fuabtais. "Nws yog ib txwm ua si txoj kev tso dag thiab yuav ua dag, quirky yam xws li tag nrho ib tug cia li txiav txim siab los ntxuav tag nrho nws nkawm khau... Peb nco nws heev."

Rau lub Xya hli ntuj 4, 2010 yog ib hnub uas hloov nws tsev neeg ib si. Ntxhais fuabtais, nws tus tub Jessie thiab tus ntxhais fuabtais Ann, nyob ntawm ib tog twg. Thaum lub foob pob hluav taws tau pib, Jessie tus xov tooj rang. "Kuv teb thiab hnov 'Anthony tus tau txhaj tshuaj'," hais Jessie. "Kuv cia li tsis ntseeg tias nws."

Anthony yog tus unintended tsim txom los ntawm kev kub ntxhov hauv Minneapolis. "Nws mus rau ib tog kawm tiav hmo ntawd nrog ib pawg neeg," hais ntxhais fuabtais. "Yog khib rau peb tsis yog txhua yam ua ke, tab sis kuv paub tsev neeg thiab muaj kev zoo heev nrog nws mus."

Jessie, laus los ntawm ib tug mere 16 lub hlis, pheej tsis tshua mus Anthony xws li ib tug neeg pheej tsis tshua mus lawv ib nrab hnub. "Kuv xav tias peb muaj tsawg kawg yog rau caum xyoo ua khoom ua ke," nws shares. "Yog ntxhib."

Ntxhais fuabtais thiab Jessie coj comfort qhov tseeb tias Anthony twb tau pub nws cov ntaub so ntswg thiab ob lub qhov muag rau cov neeg xav tau. Thaum Anthony tau txais nws lub xeev ID card, nws ntsuam xyuas lub thawv kom tau ib lub txiv kab ntxwv, qhov muag thiab cov nqaij mos. "Nws hu kuv los ntawm cov DMV thiab nug seb nws meant. Kuv hais rau nws luv luv thiab ces hais tias nws yuav tsum nug ib tug neeg uas ua haujlwm muaj,"hais ntxhais fuabtais. "Peb tsis tham txog nws dua, tab sis kom txaus thaum nws daim card tuaj nyob rau hauv tsev xa ntawv nws tau ntsuam xyuas 'donor'."

Anthony tus khoom plig ntawm donation muaj tau muab qhia rau cov txiv neej thiab cov poj niam hauv 14 lub xeev xws li muaj hnub nyoog 8 mus rau 63. "Kuv yog ib tug pub," shares Jessie. "Vim li cas thiaj tsis? Kuv tsis xav tau kuv lub txiv kab ntxwv los yog kuv cov ntaub so ntswg thaum kuv ncaim. Cia lwm tus neeg siv lawv."