High School Football Players Protect Bullied Student With Special Needs (VIDEO) - HuffPo

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Queen Creek High School Football Players Protect Chy Johnson, Bullied Student With Special Needs (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post | By Ron Dicker
Posted: 10/29/2012 2:33 pm EDT Updated: 10/29/2012 5:25 pm EDT

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Chy Johnson with quarterback Carson Jones.

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Rah! Rah! Rah! to Arizona's Queen Creek High football team for its anti-bullying effort.

Players including the star quarterback have rallied behind Chy Johnson, a 16-year-old special needs student who was tormented by kids at school, reports 3TV News and azfamily.com.

The players now eat with her at lunch and watch her back.

Johnson's daily life was far different before. She came home crying every day and the bullies "threw trash at me," she said in the interview.

Chy's mother, Elizabeth Johnson, contacted Carson Jones, the popular starting quarterback, for help. She reached out to the right guy. According to Fox Sports Arizona, Jones is not only a leader of the Phoenix-area school's undefeated football team, but is a straight-A student who's active in his church and in charity work.

All Chy's mom wanted was a name or two of those responsible. Instead, Jones went the extra yard, joining Chy at lunch with other teammates. They keep an eye on her the rest of the school day, too. Varsity players Tucker Workman and Colton Moore also spearhead the effort.

“They’re not bullying her anymore because they’ve seen her with us or something," Jones said.

Chy has a brain disorder called microcephaly, making her head smaller and her life expectancy much shorter -- perhaps 25 to 30 years, the New York Daily News notes.

But school has become a lot more tolerable for the 16-year-old sophomore now that she has a winning team on her side. "They’re not mean to me, because all my boys love me," she told azfamily.com.

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Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/29/queen-creek-football-players_n_2039212.html

[teddy51]

1. Great job you guys, and thats how it's supposed to be done. Lend assistance!

[Le Taz Hot]

2. How much of a piece of shit

human being do you have to be to throw trash at a developmentally disabled person? I mean that is a special kinda shit stain.

Good for the young people who did the right thing.

[joeybee12]

3. Cheers to those great kids!

[madrchsod]

4. i hope the team goes undefeated for the rest of thier schedule

[Demoiselle]

10. They are already undefeated, whatever the scores.

This is a lovely story...

[msanthrope]

5. True gentlemen. nt

[arthritisR_US]

11. That guy is putting his faith in action, they do

exist and I applaud him!

[noiretextatique]

6. wonderful story...great young men

[DHelix]

7. We need to make examples of kids who do the right thing

Kids look up to kids like this start quarterback so when kids like this do the right thing they absolutely deserve the credit. Kids are sponges and part of the reason the anti-bullying thing seems to be doing better these days is because of the media attention.

Hopefully, it continues!

[renate]

8. thank goodness for people with kind hearts

That's a great story. Thanks!

[TahitiNut]

9. It's important that those playing "win-lose" games learn that life is "win-win"

... or "lose-lose." And "win-win" is SO MUCH BETTER!

[Zorra]

12. That is just so good.

YAY!

[skeewee08]

13. Great job by the football players, they are such a class act....

[Odin2005]

14. Many of the jocks protected this Aspie from bullies when I was a teen.

Good for them!!!

[liberalmuse]

15. Real men.

What a beautiful story.

[Omaha Steve]

16. Shared with many friends on the net

K&R!

[TheDebbieDee]

17. All the boys love her.....How sweet!

[TorchTheWitch]

21. that's the bit that really got me choked up

So adorable!

[Skittles]

18. and THAT is what needs to be considered COOL

yes INDEED

[DeSwiss]

19. ....

[johnt_1956_55]

20. Aww

How nice and considerate

[rurallib]

22. WOW!

[Honeycombe8]

23. What a great guy! Here's wishing all the karma in the universe to him. And what a great mom!

She was so creative and proactive. I would've never thought of that.

[longship]

24. Wow!! Jaw-dropping wow!

Ethics are a good thing. The golden rule has been an ethical philosophy in many cultures. This is what it is all about.

DU should do something to support this behavior.

I recommend roses for both the football team and Chy Johnson, to be shared equally! We did it for Nancy Pelosi. We should do it for this.

I am in on this, although I don't have a lot to give, I will give to this.

[CitizenPatriot]

25. thanks for sharing this:-)

you made my night. Character matters!

[WillyT]

27. You Are Quite Welcome !!!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

26. A beautiful story

Before her tragically short life is through, I'm glad this young girl could learn from her new friends that not all people are jerks. And those boys will have learned a pride and self-respect in defending the defenseless that they will carry with them for the rest of their lives and hopefully make them better men.

[Momgonepostal]

28. Cool story, btw, Carson Jones is a Mormon

Not that that has anything to do with anything, but there's been so much anti-LDS stuff on here lately, I thought I should point out one of the good ones.