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Video of bus monitor's misery strikes a nerve

Published: June 22, 2012 3:56 PM
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A video of four seventh-grade boys taunting 68-year-old

A video of four seventh-grade boys taunting 68-year-old bus monitor Karen Klein in New York state that went viral has turned the victim into an international fundraising juggernaut and opened her tormentors to an onslaught of threats and abuse. AP video. (June 22) (June 22, 2012 12:08 PM)

The pebble was tossed when a middle-school student in upstate New York posted a 10-minute video on his Facebook page.

The video, showing four other seventh-grade boys cruelly taunting 68-year-old bus monitor Karen Klein, was quickly uploaded to YouTube.

And the ripples began.

Millions of viewers from around the world watched her humiliation. There were cries of indignation and...

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