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This YouTuber interviews homeless people in my city

One of them just passed away from an overdose & I knew her from high school. Her & her boyfriend. They both ended up homeless addicted to smoking Percocets (it's like the modern version of heroin).

I find it so sad because her mom kicked out all of her kids years ago while they were still in high school. Her brothers are still out on the streets as well, one of them in prison. He still doesn't even know that his sister has passed & he was the closest to her.

I know everyone makes their own decisions but it's upsets me seeing her mom out here asking for money now... & seeing how emotionless she looks talking about pulling the plug on her daughter so quickly.

This is her & her boyfriend's interview from a month ago. It's right across the street from where I used to go to school at. If anyone's interested at all.
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& This is the interview with her mom from a few days ago. Shortly before Gabby passed.
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I know a lot of people don't feel bad for some of the homeless but I try to understand. My grandfather died homeless on a sidewalk before I ever got to meet him. & He was a highly respected marine vet. The way I look at it, everyone on the street used to be somebody too, just like any of us. It saddens me because I still knew her when she was full of life
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Jeephikelove46-50, F
This is really sad, she was 10 days older than my daughter. You鈥檙e right, every homeless person has a story, so sad, even her bf, 22 and has been on the streets for 6 years! Wow! 馃槩
ChiefWalksWith40oz26-30
@Jeephikelove they've been homeless since they were 16, which is around the time I knew them. That was before the drugs hit them as bad as it's gotten. But I also find it so sad hearing the young man speak. Hes intelligent, he still has love in his heart. & To hear him say things like "I'd rather do this than do what I used to do" & "just don't do it. You'll lose your family. You'll lose everything. You'll even lose yourself" then carry on to tell his family that he loves them no matter what. It's just sad. I feel for him a lot right now because Gabby's mom said herself that she doesn't know if he knows she's dead yet. She overdosed in jail