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THREAD: Processing the scars of my friend Anthony.https://twitter.com/nymagPR/status/1056713487118942209 …
I don’t know where to begin ... This is Anthony Borges, one of my close friends. Close as in we celebrate Christmas together close. He is from Venezuela like me, and moved to the US to seek safety from the political corruption and for a better future. But ...
I don’t know how he is even alive. Anthony was shot FIVE FUCKING TIMES. Five times. He is 15 and was shot in a school. He came to the USA to seek safety and came face to face with the devil on Valentine’s Day.
He is my fucking brother, and I could not process what happened until I saw him laying on a hospital bed ... And for those who think I simply processed what happened as soon as I saw him, nope it doesn’t work like that. I am still trying to understand.
Weeks later, he came home. After about 6 weeks of being hospitalized, he came home. And that’s when I saw the scars on his legs, and I realized that MY BOY was not gonna ever be the same. HE CAME TO THIS COUNTRY FOR A BETTER FUTURE. AND HIS DREAMS WERE STOLEN FROM HIM.
I am not gonna talk about what he is facing today, because that’s his story. But I want you to know that for him it’s not only the pain of 5 gunshot wounds, it’s the emotional struggle of trying to be who he was ... Anthony fucking Borges is the strongest human I’ve ever met.
And I don’t know how he is alive. And right now I’m trying to process these scars, I’m trying to process the wounds that an the devil who held an AR-15 gave to my friend ...
I remember hearing that 17 of my friends were dead. I remember hearing the news that Anthony had been shot. That night all I could do was pray that he wasn’t number 18. I don’t know how he is alive, but he is. God is so much greater than the devil who held an AR-15 after all.
And America, this is your test. You are losing your future. Losing your hope. We are so close to Election Day, and I want to emphasize that your vote matters. I don’t want another kid to be in Anthony’s shoes, in the bloody shoes that he left in that building.
Use your privilege and go vote. For Anthony. For your own life.
I’m proud of my brother for not being ashamed of his battle scars, he is my hope ... he has a long road of recovery, but I know he will overcome this 
Please donate.https://www.gofundme.com/anthonyborges
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