
Photos of a Pennsylvania boy with Down syndrome sparked national outrage.
Now, the 7-year-old’s mother is trying to get to the bottom of what went wrong on a school bus after her son came home with a black eye and bloody face.
Elizabeth Aguero, 52, told People she doesn’t know what led to Michael Perrin’s injuries along his face, and his school reportedly won’t allow her to see the surveillance video from the incident.
Aguero told the outlet she got a call from Resica Elementary School in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, and that officials explained that they didn’t know exactly what happened on the school bus but that her son fell and he was badly wounded from the incident.
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When the mother arrived at Resica, she was horrified by what she witnessed. She recalled:
“They told me there was an incident and that my son was bleeding. I needed to get there immediately and [they asked], ‘Should [we] call an ambulance?’ It’s hard to describe. It was horrible. It was hard to see my baby covered in blood.”
Aguero wanted to know exactly how Perrin fell, but she said the school refused to release the bus’s surveillance video.
The 7-year-old doesn’t speak, so he can’t tell them what happened. According to school officials, the boy with Down syndrome fell head first off his school bus and suffered fractures to his face from the fall on June 5.
Eventually, the mom filed a police report, and the school was subpoenaed to release the video of the incident to authorities. As a result, Aguero was finally able to see footage from the incident.
Aguero accused the school staff of being negligent with her son with special needs. She tearfully said:
“I don’t want this to happen to another kid. Another kid may not survive this.”
She continued:
“I want better training. Michael is not the first, but I want him to be the last. No one should have immunity against child negligence. That was total negligence. Michael is a special needs child. I want justice.”
The East Stroudsburg Area School District did not immediately respond to People’s request for comment.
Did the police get the video from the bus?It must be bad if they won’t let you see it.Get a lawyer.There has to be one somewhere that will take on you case.Isn’t there a child advocacy office you can call?If that were my child, He’ll hath no fury…