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CNN reports, 30 year-old Chris Keith was 12 when he learned that his family didn't die in a car accident in 1985. Chris was explained, by his grandparents, that his father suffocated his mother, shot his brother, Mikey, in the back of the head while he slept, and the worse of all, before he committed suicide, Chris' father, shot Chis in the forehead. Medics had declared everyone in the house dead.

"It was almost like going through it again. I started feeling all these feelings again, of anger, of betrayal, of feeling like nobody wanted me. I was angry at the world, and mad at my grandparents for waiting so long to tell me," said Chris, ". . . . my own dad tried to kill me, so who am I supposed to trust?" These words struck me while I was browsing through the article. How would I feel if the person who I love, and that I trust, tries to hurt me? Shocked, angry, betrayed, and lost perhaps.

According to Chris, incident such as the one that Chris has experienced in 1985 still happens. For example, the resent case in South Carolina where a mother is accused of suffocating her two boys before putting them into their car seats and letting the car roll into a river. Why would a parent try to kill their own children, their own flesh? Chris wonders these questions as well.

Looking at news and stories like this makes people frown. Also, it may cause people to wonder about the morality of our society. What happened to morality among people that is causing parents to kill their children? However, fortunately that in Chris' case, he is able to bear his sorrowful memory, and stay positive about his life. "Doctors don't know why I'm alive. . . . I have a second chance in life, and I just want to make the most of it, and maybe help others who are internally suffering," he said to the CNN reporter. Chris married young, at the age of 19, due to his longing for a family. He believes that his 6-year-son is the proof of that good can come from evil. Now Chris tells his story to youth groups at juvenile justice centers. He tells struggling youth that they are not alone. "Even when we feel we have no inner strength left, you can make it," he says. I'm impressed by Chris' positive attitude toward his unfortunate past.

He's got many goals in life. At the top of the list: "To not end up like my dad."



Reference:
-http://edition.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/09/03/survivor.family.massacre/index.html#fbid=cxFA5Zf2tbH&wom=false [Picture, CNN News Article: My own dad tried to kill me. Copied by Jez. 04 Sep. 2010]