FENTANYL KILLS: Zachariah Mustafa's Story-his mother's perspective
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How they treated her at that mall and the airport, literally broke my heart 💔
there is nothing to understand@@trumpwon8064 I GET what you're saying but the bottom line has nothing to do with that. There is a much bigger problem than some bs state in the midwest. I say that with love coming from Michigan/New Mexico but, also have seen this discrimination in every other state in this country against minorities.
I remember being 13yrs old. And I had my nephew with me at that same mall. And at the time my nephew was 5-6 yrs old and I lost him while we was at the movie theaters.. And I was screaming my nephews name “DION” Where are you? When I say 2 Caucasian Police Officers asked me to leave for DTP disturbing the peace I explained to them my nephews only 5-6yrs old and he’s lost. When I say they grabbed me by neck and open the doors of the movie theater with my face which is the heaviest glass doors I ran back in there and when I say 2 grown officers start beating me like a grown man all cause I was looking for a baby at least he was a baby to me. They beat me so bad my face looked like a PUMPKIN. But anyway IM SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS I know your pain ma’am…..
one side of the story... hard to make a judgement call.
Seems to me all these stories have one thing in common!They all have money???Where are the lower class ? We do not have the option to pay for expensive schools and rehabs numerous times?
in the world of fent. money doesn't matter either. Fent. doesn't discriminate @@debbiewilson4046
This Mom is one of the most honest when it comes to her son’s drug addiction. I wish her peace in knowing she did her best as his Mom.
Blessings…
Brave mother who is not delusional about her sin and tells the dark sade of her son Many mothers saying "my son was so bright, so talented. How could this happen?" This mother tells how it is.
I hope the Mall of America sees this! How disgusting of them to treat someone the way she was treated!
I've yet to watch that part but I BET I WON:T LIKE IT . Good Day
That place is a dump. I highly recommend avoiding it. Few years back some guy threw a kid over the balcony. I can't give details about who did it, because my comment would get deleted.
I will never visit that mall. Not one person could hug them and pray for them????? Really???? Not one???
@@trumpwon8064u can say who did it without being racist bout it which I’m sure you’re frothing at the mouth to do. 😏
So this mall is where the worst of all evil hangs out😢
Totally disgusting place 😡
I've heard the quote "using heroin is like stealing from Heaven and paying for it with a trip through hell." I can't imagine what this family has been through. What a strong woman. I'm so sorry mother, you did everything and more for your son.
I’ve also heard the 1st hard drug you ever try turns most people out of life. I’ve personally seen this to be true 😢
This family tried everything…. Bless their hearts 🙏
Yes they did! Even tough love
Just goes to show you can't help someone unless they want the help, so sad.
Heroin addiction is no joke. My son also passed from a heroine overdose. And yes. The addiction takes over them. My son was an addict for 16 years. It’s heartbreaking. He started at 15. I barely remember who my son was prior to addiction.
Addiction is mental illness. It’s time we treat it as such.
I'm so sorry you lost your son 😔
Sorry about your loss. On the other hand addiction is not a mental disorder. It’s a choice until it’s not.
It's a choice the first time then it grabs them by the balls and takes over that was how my son described it. He was clean 4 years met a girl who was an addict and the addiction took over..my son did not make the choice for his fentanyl poisoning its coming to the states 10 times stronger than people are used to and they die so I don't agree it was their choice that's why they call it Poisoning
My son would have been 37 this month, he died in 2021. Opiates were his downfall. He didn’t resemble who he used to be, addiction is demonic control taking over their body, mind and personality. It is excruciating losing your child but parents can only do so much yet we blame ourselves, feel guilt and wonder what went wrong.
@@purearea5142 Addiction is regarded as a mental illness these days. Drugs, booze, shopping, food etc.
I'm grateful this mom is strong enough to tell her story; may it help others.
This lovely woman lost her child. That’s the worst thing that can ever happen to a parent. Nothing will ever hurt her as much again. My heart aches for her. 😔💔
I just experienced the funeral of my niece who sadly OD on Fentanyl. Just last week. It wasn’t her drug of choice. She was taking some pills. She had just turned 24. It was an accident. She had been making a lot of plans. And talking about getting off the pills. She was sick, and a friend got her the Fentanyl to help with her withdrawal. We don’t have a name. It is so overwhelming, and shocking. We had no idea. She was also in College. But school came easy to her. The drugs did not have any sympathy for her. They had a terrible hold on her. I am still in shock, as all of the family is. We just want her back!! But there are not going to be any do overs! We love, and miss her every second. And always will!
I'm so very sorry for your family's deep loss.
😞 RIP & God Bless Her Soul .
This woman is a great speaker, even when heartbroken and drowning in emotional pain. Keep up the hard work Texas Pictures Documentaries
I have 10 months sober. Thank you for sharing your family’s story. ❤ It reminds me that thinking I’ll just do it one more time is not possible and that all it takes is one time to lose your life. ❤ Thank you again for sharing ❤ Addiction is a terrible battle
Stay strong, you can do this. I will be praying for you.
We have a series of recovery stories in our playlists that you might find very interesting.
Stay strong it gets easier 1 day at a time . Much respect
It is far far far far far too dangerous to do today. We also made it to the other side. This was happening already of course but we got out JUST BEFORE, and I mean BARELY before it became so so common to HIDE it and poison people with it in any and every other substance. It's insane. It's evil. And it seriously scares me into thinking it'll also eventually end up slipping into normal peoples every day items that aren't drugs. I'm scared for us all. I'm sad for everyone lost. But I also used to think, ah now that I'm clean, someday I can do it on an occasional year here and there someday and be fine. And then I started being recommended documentaries about the poisoning. And then this channel. Now, I can guarantee you at the very least, I won't ever take or do a single substance ever again because it's just not safe to even risk. I'm so lucky I don't have that active addiction pulling me to justify the risk. You are too. So please stay strong. And stay away. That way it at least guarantees they won't get us THAT particular way. Until they start hiding it in things non addicts use day to day anyway. Congratulations on sobriety though. I'm already on my third year and we just bought a house on five acres! Every disposable penny we had went to the addiction prior. Not anymore! We're middle class and I literally feel rich now we're able to actually buy cool shit and not give it all away. It's so worth staying strong and unwavering and outright refusing to break the promise to yourself and everyone that loves us!
GOOD LUCK. I know how hard it is. Hang on!! ❤
When I was growing up, my sister and I weren't even allowed to close our bedroom door, especially when we had "company." Times have really changed.
I had a mother at my work place that got a call like this in the middle of the night…. The wailing… screaming and crying that she displayed immediately after was so full of pain… you couldn’t help but to feel and share her pain… so I understand her response when she knew
This mother did everything she could to try to save her son from his addiction. My condolences to her and her family. 🙏🙏🙏 😢
This mother did everything possible to save her son. I hope that gives her some comfort. She needs to feel no guilt.
The braveness that this woman went to explain what happened to her she’s really brave.I pray for u 🙏 I hope u get better ❤️🩹 no mother has to go through this I am so sorry R.I.P
I wish I Could Hug This Woman 😢 What a loving, intelligent Mom. She Knew Her Son So Well . I pray God Gives You Comfort Sweetheart ❤
If I would've been at that mall I would've hugged Mom and brother as tight as I could. These videos are so devastating I end up in tears everytime, so I cannot imagine how the families feel. We as a society should do all we can to make it just a tiny bit better, if that means hugging someone while they scream so be it. Mall of America owes her and brother an apology. Sorry for your loss Mama.
God bless you momma🙏🏼 I met Zac in 2020 and new immediately he was special. He had an amazing, kind and loving heart. I am so sorry you lost him💔🙏🏼❤️
This was difficult to watch. Zac could not be saved. His addiction was bigger than all of you. I know as a Mother you never want to give up on your son. Forgive him. Forgive yourself. May God's peace find you in your misery.
I wish people at the mall and the airport had shown them more compassion. How awful to be so far away from home when such devastating news comes through. My heart goes out to this family, but especially to mom. She is in the throes of grief. But she is so brave to tell Zachariah’s story, as this may help save lives. My deepest condolences to this family.
I'm so very sorry for the loss of your precious son. You are so brave and strong to come and share your story. We lost a co-worker to fentenyl. And another girl who came to our shop and worked on our phone systems all the time. I had just seen her 2 days before. She said text me if this doesn't work. We texted multiple times no answer. Caller no answer. Called her boss and he just started crying. She was 31.
I'm in TX as well. And I'm so disgusted at the way you were treated in Minneapolis. How can people be so cruel and heartless. Sending you big hugs and I'm praying for you and your other son and family. I'm so sorry.
I think it's really sad on the lack of compassion for someone going through the worst time of their life just to be escorted out of the mall and placed in the very back of the plane because they didn't want anyone else to be "disturbed". I feel so bad for the mom and brother and I cried with her as she told Zachariah's story.
The administrator of Mall of America should have a contingency plan for a situation like that. Have a quiet secluded room with a nurse somewhere so people having some type of breakdown can sit down and have some water, get their vital signs checked and maybe call an ambulance if needed. I'm sure the Mall of America can afford that no? 🤔
You would think so. It is a huge facility.
I never used tough love. I forgave him to this day. He always had love, a roof over his head, food (too much food, he also suffered with food addiction). Support groups I was part of told me to let him live in the streets and let him go to jail when caught stealing. I said NO! My son will never know what it feels to be abandoned. He always had me and his brother.
Been going through it since 2009 my resources are depleted for the um teen times. Only God knows😢 My son is 35. HOLYGHOST I WELCOME YOU
Lack of empathy is so apparent these days. Sad. 😢
I am so sorry about the loss of your son. And I’m sad that the people in the mall and airport were more concerned about not being disturbed than they were about how to be kind to you when you were hurting.
Every single story breaks my heart 😢
Thank you for sharing with us your sons journey and about how you broke down in public. You can literally get the worst news of your life at any time even in public and we as a collective need to show more compassion. I’m sorry you were thrown out of the mall and treated like a burden when you were literally grieving your child
There is this thing known as compassion. Please get acquainted with it. You never know when you will be the recipient of it.
Another life claimed by this poison.
I feel really bad for this mom and her family. What I don't understand is how she went from @11:40 telling him he HAD to be on vivitrol to letting him go 2 whole months without taking it and staying in his older brothers home alone while they went out of town. He was sober but it was because he was on that monthly shot. He might have had anxiety about his new part in the play. A hit is a coping mechanism for addicts and the mom was right initially in that he couldn't be trusted. It's not okay, it's not fine, it has to be all or nothing. As a 22 year recovered addict, I know this 1st hand.
He had 16 months of sobriety. He was doing so many things to keep his sobriety. He was a grown man. He said he didn’t need the shot any longer. I’m not guilty of anything but loving him and forgiving him for not being honest with us.
I will never step foot in that mall. 😢 Rip baby boy ❤
I cried with her.. heartbreaking, I'm so sorry, I loss my brother in 2014, he passed away right in front of my mom, he was only 30 years old.. 💔 I'm so sorry for your loss
"Disrupting the mall? You need to leave". Omg, where is the humanity? I am so sorry! ❤❤
As a mother and as someone who has lost a loved one to heroin addiction this story is so hard to listen to. Thank God neither of my children struggle with this but I lost my first cousin to a heroin overdose. He battled his addiction for years. It's just devastating. As this mother told her story I couldn't stop crying. I can feel her love for her son and how much she is hurting. I'm so sorry you lost your baby. I pray for comfort for your family. R.I.P Zack
I am so sorry Mama. To get news about your child dying while out state is horrifying. Prayers with you and Jacob 🙏🏻. I hope your story helps other families.
The mall and the airport should be ashamed of themselves! Are you kidding me!!!?? If I ever witnessed not one but 2 ppl breaking down after immediately learning about a loved ones death I would have done everything in my power to help them. From mall to hotel to airport to boarding I would've never let them go it alone in a strange city!!! How cold society has become. 😢
I agree with you. Just what they didn't need at that time. Someone bullying them in their terrible grief.
People are so sickening!!!
So sorry for your loss. May GOD help you through this very difficult time. GOD bless you.
Wow! That interview it’s so raw I can literally feel her pain . I’m so sorry
Never cared to see the mall of America, now I really despise that place. And to the man who disregarded their feelings and said “get over it…” just wow.
😣Another loss! Thank you🙏🏻"Texas pictures documentaries"🙏🏻for this needed exposure about this horrific poison taking our babies & family members.
Thank you for your comments. Thank you for watching.
@@TexasPictures You're so welcome this is an amazing mission & I have so much respect for you.
The pain of losing a child..even an adult child is always raw..whether from an illness, an accident, violence or drugs...doesn't matter cause..it hurts. It always feels unfair, always feels not right, unexplainable..as parents we have this sense we should be able to protect them from everything or we have failed. But we can't and we need to know their lives were so much more than their deaths, and comfort ourselves celebrating the time and the love we shared with them, even tho far less than we would ever hope for.
This one has to be the most heart wrenching of all that I’ve watched! 😭😭😭😭😭
You really don't know yourself when you're 18. I don't imagine the pandemic was helpful to his addiction either - it was such a tough time for young people, and so isolating. So sorry you lost your beloved son, and please know you did absolutely everything you could.
I’m so sorry Mama I feel your pain. He will always be in your heart ❤️
I’m so sorry for your loss. Prayers to you and your entire family. Rest in Peace, Zach 🙏🏾❤️
I am so so so very sorry for the loss of your youngest son Zachariah.
Hurts my heart tremendously and I won’t forget you.
People can be insensitive to grief and how to console others while being subjected to unexpected circumstances. My deepest sympathy goes to you during this difficult times. Take as long as needed emotionally. And, please be open to group therapy for others who are suffering their own pain of loss of life. Thank you for sharing your story.
We just lost another one this past weekend to oxy/fentanyl. 3 little girls will now grow up without their mother.
I wish I could wrap my arms around her.. her pain is unbearable it breaks my heart I hope she finds some kind of peace I lost my brother to heroine and my mother couldn't take it I watched her die only 11 months later 💔
I’m so very sorry.
OMG! I am so sorry. God help you find some bit of peace in your life. The drug dealers are Satan
I think my heart shattered in to a million pieces listening to this sweet mama…Oh My Heavenly God, wrap your arms around her and comfort her please….I’m still crying over here and I don’t even know these people. What is wrong with me?!?? I seriously need to stop watching these videos. My heart just can’t handle this. 😢😭💔. My heart broke for her and her pain. I’m so very sorry…I just cannot imagine.
May God cover you and your family. I commend you for not giving up on your baby and providing your truth for others families to learn from. You are a strong woman.
I cannot fathom the pain and anguish a parent suffers when they lose a child. A parent shouldn't ever outlive any of their children. I was on a flight with a couple that were obviously experiencing an emotional situation. There's no words that could provide comfort, all they wanted to do was go home. Their crying and other sounds caused 2 other, elderly passengers to become stressed, they ended-up on oxygen and the crew requested medical assistance. The physician that responded stated the stressed couple had irregular heart rhythms that required more advanced medical attention than available at 35,000 feet so the flight was diverted via that medical emergency being declared. The first couple ended-up totally losing it, the guy took a swing at a flight that was walking past their seats. He said the airline landed out of spite - all while paramedics were dealing with the elderly couple suffering heart issues. After over an hour waiting for fuel trucks to insure we were ok to continue to Atlanta the flight was canceled - due to the pilot's extended time on duty being in excess of the FAA requirements. The only reason I mentioned this long and convoluted summary is there's often more to the situation than the obvious. Moving the Mother and son to the back of the plane was probably the only way to offer anything close to privacy. Grief affects people in many different ways. Unintentionally someone's way of trying to cope with their grief can be a trigger for someone with PTSD, pre-existing physical health issues or a serious fear of flying. No one is wrong, they are human beings. Triggers happen. Unless you charter a private jet there's very little privacy on airplanes. I am thankful the Mother and son were able to secure seats that same day and they could sit together. Personally I do not believe in closure. I believe we must learn to adjust to the 'new normal'. Of course that includes cherishing and celebrating each and every memory.
I’m so sorry for your loss of Zachariah a young man with his life all ahead of him and then to be treated in such an awful manner in the shopping centre What’s wrong with these people !! Have they not got a heart ! Just a swinging pendulum!!
They should have realised that something really bad had happened Recent news that had broken your heart They should have taken both you and your son to a cafeteria or somewhere to be with you both
I just can’t understand people now !! Where was their sympathy ! My heart goes out to you I lost my only sibling to alcoholism and it broke my heart completely I got a phone call at 2am to tell me he was gone ! I’m just so grateful to my Heavenly Father who took my parents home to Heaven before their son died They both couldn’t have coped
Will be praying for you dear mother that God will comfort you in the midst of your pain Zach and your other son have the most precious mother
I’m praying for your other son as well ! I don’t know you both personally but God does……I pray He wraps His loving arms around you at this time
Our only young man has special needs and though he is 22 yrs he has the mentality of a young child It was such horrendous pain at the time when he was born because they told us
He was normal baby but he wasn’t but we love him unconditionally We wouldn’t change s hair on his little head I’m so glad he is protected by that same disability so we never need to go through such grief because drugs are everywhere! My heart 💜 goes out to you dear mother My heart breaks for you !! but you have and always will be the most precious mother to your children God bless you Hugs many Hugs I send to you from Uk
If I saw someone or heard someone screaming & crying I sure as hell would not ask security to make them leave or just stand around & watch, anyone that could like the "people die all the time guy" are just disgustingly ignorant. I hope & pray your suffering has eased. I'm am so sorry for your loss.
I am so, so sorry. I prayed you and your family feel God's comfort and peace. Our family knows this pain as our 28-year-old son passed in 2013 of an accidental overdose. Our son was such an amazing person, and we miss him every day however we know we will be together in heaven someday. People are so ignorant to what this loss is like. It is so profound. The day after our sons death, I felt like I had been hit by a car, my whole body hurt. I'm not going to say you "get over it", because that does not happen BUT I feel like we can use our loss to help others.
Remember these stories when you vote. Our young people are being poisoned by China via Mexico and the drug cartels.
My sincere condolences on your loss. I lost my father ten years ago suddenly due to a medical reason but I miss him so much and the pain of losing your family member is so intense that no one can understand it unless they experience that loss first hand . The insensitivity of the guy at the mall is blood boiling to say the least and the inaction of the mall management and security to not understand the pain you are going through attest to the fact that kindness is gone from our society and that makes me so sad to think about it as a human . I’m a flight attendant and at times we do get people who just lost their loved ones and I know that I do everything in my power to show compassion love and care to them to ease their pain. Whether it is to give them a free drink or two or sit next to them and check on them periodically throughout the flight I try to do whatever I can in my power to help them cope with that grief and try to make it better than what they walked into the aircraft with. I know that nothing I can do or say can take the pain away but I know my kindness love and compassion makes that part of their journey a bit more tolerable . Sending you and your family hugs and prayers . Rip Zachariah I hope you are in a much peaceful place !
I'm so sorry for the tremendous loss that your family has endured. This evil drug has become a weapon of mass destruction! I've known numerous people from my past that have been killed because of fentanyl intoxication. Prayers. Rest in paradise Zacharia
All parents and family members do so much and this mother fought very much to help her son. What a sad outcome. My heart goes out to her and her family. It is very clear she loved him above anything.
My heart goes out to this mom. Her genuineness is very evident and the pain she’s enduring now is beyond words. My love and prayers go out to you for peace and strength as time goes on.
This one has me in tears. Thank you for sharing. A lot of videos parents say their child didn’t know what they took but this documentary was real and honest. Your family’s love and support speaks volumes. Sending love to this family 💙 & Mall of America and just rude people suck! The way you were treated at the Mall, airport, on flight makes me angry!
Zaccariah sounds like a very special young man. And you gave him all your love and support. I hope you can find some peace.
I see a marked absence of information on how & why he started using heroin in the 1st place. Which is the real issue. The thing that really affected him & his happiness the most. You'd think that'd be a focal point to hone in on & discuss. Fentanyl addiction & heroin addiction are different levels of the same tragedy, but are just a symptom of other issues. Both are potentially toxic/fatal. Fentanyl is just a lot stronger than heroin. But they do the same thing. Eventually most heroin addicts turn to fentanyl because it's cheaper & more potent. But it's the same effect, just a different dosage/high. The issue is why do you want to numb yourself & what happened to you that you can't deal with or process. The real concern is what emotional mental or physical triggers've led to the self-destructiveness & need/addiction to numb out. 🤔💭
Also, there’s a more in-depth video… it’s linked in the description 🫶🏼
Also, I don’t think Zach chose to do fentanyl that night.
He believed he was getting heroin.
Like so many other substances, his H was laced with Fenty.
Lethal.
I’m sorry for your loss, Zachariah’s Family. 🙏🏼🌹🧸
Zach’s father was/is an addict. Statistically children who have a parent who is an addict have a 40% chance of being born with the disease. Addiction is a disease. His brain /the disease was waiting for the chance to get its fix from the time he was born. When an addict gets the “high” that the disease was waiting for, it’s not long before they lose control. I lectured him all the time of the dangers of him using any drug, because of his father’s disease. He was a kid, probably thinking nothing could take him down. I wish I knew before I got pregnant of the statistics of having a child with an addict. Something else that my brain wants to use against me.
I am so sorry you were treated like that at the mall. I know what your talking about though. All they had to do was ask what was wrong and hear the pain....sad
Hugs and prayers momma 🙏 🫂
Daniels mom forever 31💜
Thank you for speaking the word about this epidemic on Blaine"s behalf and I am so so sorry for you pain and grief! I pray comfort and peace over you always!!!
It’s hard to see.. I lost my brother in law a few years back it’s truly devastating to the family and friends. 😢.. God help her embrace them all with your love and peace. 🙏🏻🙏🏻
This one took my breath away! Oh, mama! My heart completely breaks for you! My son was addicted from age 12-21 but was delivered by the Grace of God. Fentanyl was not as prevalent then thank goodness but there were many times he should have overdosed as much as he took. I am so sorry for your loss and will be praying 🙏🏼 for peace and comfort for those times the pain seems just too great.
12 years old? woow very young sorry to hear that
I lost my son the same way she lost her son. I feel for her. My son passed 4 months ago.. I am crying too. My son passed in his room in my house... I still feel sick about my son dead I feel for that lady❤️❤️❤️. I am in her shoes I knew how it feels liked to lose a son. So sorry. ❤️
My deepest condolences. It breaks my heart at what is happening to kids these days with the fentanyl. In my teenage years there were heavy drugs, meth(speed) being the worse. Now I'm hearing kids, some really young and experiment with what they believe to be a pill that looks harmless but they contain deadly fentanyl. It's being put on everything now even weed. How absolutely horrible. As kids(teens), they are naturally curious not knowing that a simple pill will kill them instantly. How abolsarles terrible.
Thanks so much. I still missed my son and looked at his room his bed. Made me cry everyday. My big lost!
@@lyeshbach6108 I am deeply sorry and wish that kids didn't have to be exposed to these poisons. I can't imagine your pain, I have 5 kids of my own and grandkids and worry what my grandkids future will be like.
What a beautiful Mama I had tears dripping for your tremendous heartbreak.😔 My sincerest condolences on behalf of Zachariah prayers going up for you.🙏🏻
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Same. All I did was cry while watching this
@@zaidarivas7152 🥺I know...& the way they were treated in that mall?😤💔
Damn, I’ve watched 90 percent of this series, this mother HERE made me cry..😭😭
I've been watching so many of these videos and it's heartbreaking and yet beautiful at the same time to hear again and again how loved all these people were.
I am so sorry for your loss! Please accept my heartfelt condolences 🙏 RIP Zacharia🙏
God bless you guys. ❤
I am so sorry for your loss, momma.
I’m so sorry to hear about how others treated you guys during that critical time. RIP to your baby ❤️
Absolutely heartbreaking. I know it is far too soon but one day you might feel that he is in a much better place. Once that addiction takes over, it is near impossible to wrestle it out. I've lost so many. I'm so deeply sorry for this entire family. Zachariah was and IS loved so deeply. Sending love from Ireland XOX
God bless this beautiful mama and his brother. Peace unto all who weep.
I’m so sorry sweet mama …no words I can say You’ll see him again one day. My mom was just like you years back when I was going through my tough years. Looking for me in the middle of the night in bad areas of LA. Or picking me up. La county jail She was. Always there for me. Thankfully I was able to climb out of that and now have my own family w kids
I am so so sorry you were treated that way, big hug to you and your family ❤
I also started therapy for depression anxiety grieving and I’m under the care of a psychiatrist taking medication and is helping me a lot 🙏😪
Yes please continue to help yourself Beautiful Blessings Unto You ❤Amen
Before I start writing my comment I have to say: I‘m so sorry for their loss! 🥹
Zachariah must have been an awesome human being and was loved big time!
I‘m sitting here in Germany, watching this episode and thinking to myself „I really would like to take the next plan to Minnesota and visit the Mall of America Security Office and have a chat with the Security Guard!“ 😡 And this „chat“ would be not very funny for the Security Guard 🤬
What an emotionless and disgusting human being this man was and probably still is. The normal behavior would have been to ask the two if he could help them, he could have been escorting them to an office to gather their thoughts and emotions (or at least to try to), he could have done anything „human“ but he chose to be an A-hole! Sorry!
The couple who asked Zachariah‘s mother and brother if everything is okay did the right thing: They cared about the situation. The others didn’t. If I would have to guess: There were at least two or three … who quickly grabbed their phones and record the situation… Holy smokes, that make my blood boil immediately! 🤬
After every episode of „Fentanyl Kills“ I think to myself: What I would give to help people like Zachariah battle their addiction… I would give everything I have to redeem/release people from their addiction.
One thing did really hurt to hear: That Zachariah had found his passion, the one thing he did want to pursue, and being a cameraman and video editor myself I know the feeling when it clicks in your head and you think „That’s it!“
Maybe he would have become an actor, or a producer, camera operator or video editor, and he was robbed by his addiction.
Glen, you know it and I will repeat myself till the very last final day for me on this earth: You are doing such an incredible and important job, I really do hope how meaningful your „job“ is and how much impact one single episode can and more importantly WILL BE! Fingers crossed that one day in the near future every schoolboy/student/young adult/college graduate/teenager/etc will have to watch at least one episode of „Fentanyl Kills“!
That‘s the other thing I would like to change or be able to change!
Thanks to Glen and Zachariah‘s mum for telling his tragic story, he will be missed deeply!
With sad regards from Germany 🇩🇪, Philipp
Well said.
I’m so so sorry for your loss of Zachariah 😭 I’ve lost a 23 year old daughter and I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy!! People don’t know how to handle our pain, unless they’ve been through it. I’m sorry you were treated so horribly afterwards!! I’m sorry you lost your baby mom. I feel your pain 😢💜
I’m so sorry for your loss 😪😪I truly can feel your pain because we lost our beloved son on February 2017 he was only 21 years old 😪do to a horrific accident and our hearts are crushed to pieces,loosing a child is the worst feeling a parent can go through.R.I.P. Sweetheart 🙏😞😪
I am so sorry for your loss. Everyday I fear my sons death by OD. I would love to connect with you.
What a beautiful mother. For his time on this earth, Zach was so lucky. They will see each other again.
❤❤i love you mama...you did all you could....my daughter..struggles.......prayers ..i never seen someone cry so much....prayers to your healing❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I'm So Sorry. You Did Your Best. I'm Sure Your Son Deeply Appreciated All The Love And The Sacrifices You Made ❤❤❤
So very sorry for your loss 💔🙏🏽
Sorry Mon for such pain. We hear u . 🕊️💙🕊️
You are such a wonderful mother and Zachariah was a beautiful young man. You did your best and so did your son. You will meet him again.🎉
This one was really hard on me I lost my brother in September on the 15😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢my condolences to this family
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RIP Zack! Prayers for all who love you 🙏🙏🙏
You truly are an inspiration. You did any and everything you could to save him. I am going through it with my son Geno now. He is 23 and went to rehab for almost 4 months and was out one month and started again. We brought him back to rehab last Sunday. I am so sorry for your profound loss. I do believe he is at Peace with Jesus in Heaven along with my 19 yr old stepson. I know that doesn't take away the pain but please know that you are a wonderful mother and I am praying for you.
The PAIN...😢
This just breaks my heart.
All my love and prayers for this mama. I can not imagine the pain of loosing my son. You did everything you could. I’m so sorry 💔
I am so sorry for your loss.😔💔🙏
So sorry for your loss aww😢🕊🕊
Praying for the family grateful heart giver nff peace ✌🏾