Tail_Gunner
CRJ & ERJ A&P Mech.
My youngest daughter is a sophmore in college. She went to Daytona Beach for spring break with several other girls from her school, some of them being on the womens basketball team. We have always raised her to stand her ground when she is in the right and not to take any s**t from anyone.
Apparently, late Wed night after some drinking (college kids drinking while on spring break
), an altercation ensued resulting in several of the b-ball girls assaulting and beating up my daughter. Her so called "friends" just stood there and watched, doing nothing to intervene and stop the beating. Hotel security finally showed up, stopping the attack and moving my daughter to another room for the night for her safety. That morning, hotel management investigated the assault and evicted all the girls even though the room was paid for another night.
Because of fear for her safety, my wife and I told our daughter to leave Daytona Beach. If she felt unsafe with her "friends", not to worry about them and leave them there, which she did, leaving 3 girls stranded in Daytona Beach. She did make a police report, but the cops said because there was drinking involved, pressing charges might be in the end, a fruitless pursuit. Our son got emergency time off from work, got a one way ticket, and flew to Orlando to be with his sister, where she picked up him up at the airport. From orlando, they drove part way and then spent the night in a hotel, before resuming the drive this a.m.
So they are at this moment driving back to Nashville, where she will stay and relax for a day before driving back to school on Sunday.
I have already talked to one of the other girls mother, where she was upset that her daughter was stuck in Daytona Beach, without a ride or place to stay. I tried to reason with her, but obviously her daughter's situation was more important than the fact that her daughter did nothing but watch my daughter get beat up. My wife, pretty much blew a gasket, and told the mother that our only concern was the safety and well being of our daughter and she had better start looking for airline tickets or rental cars. I have also talked to the Dean of Students at the college so they can be prepared for some stories of questionable accuracy and prepare to initiate actions to protect our daughter from further "retaliation" from the other girls. My son took some pictures of his sister's bruises for use as evidence.
Thoughts, comments, ideas???
Apparently, late Wed night after some drinking (college kids drinking while on spring break
), an altercation ensued resulting in several of the b-ball girls assaulting and beating up my daughter. Her so called "friends" just stood there and watched, doing nothing to intervene and stop the beating. Hotel security finally showed up, stopping the attack and moving my daughter to another room for the night for her safety. That morning, hotel management investigated the assault and evicted all the girls even though the room was paid for another night. Because of fear for her safety, my wife and I told our daughter to leave Daytona Beach. If she felt unsafe with her "friends", not to worry about them and leave them there, which she did, leaving 3 girls stranded in Daytona Beach. She did make a police report, but the cops said because there was drinking involved, pressing charges might be in the end, a fruitless pursuit. Our son got emergency time off from work, got a one way ticket, and flew to Orlando to be with his sister, where she picked up him up at the airport. From orlando, they drove part way and then spent the night in a hotel, before resuming the drive this a.m.
So they are at this moment driving back to Nashville, where she will stay and relax for a day before driving back to school on Sunday.
I have already talked to one of the other girls mother, where she was upset that her daughter was stuck in Daytona Beach, without a ride or place to stay. I tried to reason with her, but obviously her daughter's situation was more important than the fact that her daughter did nothing but watch my daughter get beat up. My wife, pretty much blew a gasket, and told the mother that our only concern was the safety and well being of our daughter and she had better start looking for airline tickets or rental cars. I have also talked to the Dean of Students at the college so they can be prepared for some stories of questionable accuracy and prepare to initiate actions to protect our daughter from further "retaliation" from the other girls. My son took some pictures of his sister's bruises for use as evidence.
Thoughts, comments, ideas???
