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11-year-old in coma after vicious bullying attack, parents claim

2/8/2013

A Pennsylvania boy is in a medically induced coma after a schoolyard fight that his parents claim was a case of vicious bullying. Bailey O'Neill, a sixth-grade honors student at Darby Township School, was involved in a fight that left him punched multiple times in the face and knocked to the ground with a broken nose. Bailey's parents took him to a hospital, where he was treated for a concussion and released. Upon returning home, Bailey began to suffer seizures so violent that he was rehospitalized and placed in a medical coma for his own safety. Police haven't filed charges yet against his alleged attacker. [Source]

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