Robert Middleton 10 years later.

[sereneorange]

Nearly 10 years ago, 2 adults and a boy tied Robert Middleton to a tree, doused him in gasoline, and set him on fire, burning him on 99% of his body.

The news story was heart wrenching when I first heard it, and it hasn't changed any.

What IS amazing is the progress he has made. The ordeal he has gone through seems like more than any person can bear, but he has come a long way.

He was on the news tonight because he is testing a video game for the Shriners' Hospital in Galveston. It helps reduce pain for the patience while undergoing treatments, by taking them into a virtual world of snowmen and mammoths.

Comments

[jbluemoon.livejournal.com]

Jesus! I don't remember this story!

[serene-orange.livejournal.com]

made me cry today, just like 10 years ago. I don't understand it. I just cannot wrap my mind around it.

[rubygloomrox.livejournal.com]

Knowing those fuckheads have escaped justice for so long just kills. That poor kid. No one should ever have to bear that.

[serene-orange.livejournal.com]

I cannot help but wonder if they still lived nearby and had to look at what they had done to this boy and his family.

[rubygloomrox.livejournal.com]

I would hope so. But you think with something of that magnitude that word would get out. You know how gossip is. Usually someone does know something. This is the sort of instance where I can see, once people knew, where mob rule and some vigilante justice could be called for. It's not just about revenge for this boy. But I can not even wrap my mind around doing this to any living creature. Let alone a child. But the evil people who can are still out there and who knows what else they are capable of? They need corrections.