Summary:
1. 5 runaway boys seeking shelter and warmth in China lit a dumpster on fire, died from carbon monoxide poisoning
2. Boys were all brothers or cousins ages 9-13.
3. Surname: Tao
4. Sons of threes brothers; two of whom are migrant workers away from home.
5. Most of them grew up unsupervised; were taken care of blind grandmother.
6. Been missing for more than a week
Opinion:
It was a sad story to hear. 5 runaway boys seeking simply for life's essentials were found dead trying to light a dumpster on fire for warmth died of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Now, there are those who say, why would they leave their homes in the first place? They died because of their irresponsibility to resolve problems at home and move on. That is a perfectly legitimate argument, but I have to side with the fact that they did not just leave their homes for no reason, most likely the left for something that was out of their control or something that wasn't going to stop, and that's not their fault. I am not blaming anyone here, because we as the public don't know all of the detail as to why these boys that were all related ran away in the first place, but we cannot let the parents of these children off the hook completely here, because in the end, 5 boys (innocent or not) died looking for necessities for survival.
Whosoever fault it was, this could have been prevented and to me, that is the most disheartening part of this whole story, my thoughts and prayers are with the families of the these young men.
Nick Bell
I some what agree with you here. Peronsally, I beleive that something tragic happened in their home such as abuse from there parents. But you are right there still needs to be some specifics. Once we find out the specifics of why these kids ran away from home then we can judge where they could have went. For example, if they did get beaten they could have easily went to local charity for abuse and maybe that charity could give them a home for a while.
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