WEBVTT - Kenny Needs Your Help

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to a Tenderfoot TV podcast for girls. Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>happy holidays, everybody. I have some really sad news to report.

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<v Speaker 1>My father, Kenny, is currently homeless and he's out on

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<v Speaker 1>the streets. He has been for a while. He was

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<v Speaker 1>kicked out of his apartment a couple months ago, and

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<v Speaker 1>he's been in and out of hospitals and shelters dealing

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<v Speaker 1>with some very serious PTSD, I guess, and has been

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<v Speaker 1>having mental breakdowns and this hallucinating and having like flashbacks,

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<v Speaker 1>and he's just an absolute wreck. And I've been doing

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<v Speaker 1>everything I possibly can for the past year to help

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<v Speaker 1>this guy get back on track, paying for his rent,

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<v Speaker 1>I bought him a car, I bought him a new

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<v Speaker 1>phone because he lost his phone, and I've been paying

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<v Speaker 1>his utilities. And it's just been a constant battle, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's been very, very overwhelming for me and my family

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<v Speaker 1>to be basically be the only people that are carrying

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<v Speaker 1>this burden for him. And I am terrified that if

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<v Speaker 1>I just say no more, Dad, no more, I've had enough.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, I don't know, something terrible will happen.

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<v Speaker 1>And just so you know what I'm talking about, I'd

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<v Speaker 1>like to play a couple voice memos that he sent

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<v Speaker 1>me over the past week.

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<v Speaker 2>All those voices you hear back. There are nurses, a

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<v Speaker 2>million nurses up here. I still need help, man. I

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<v Speaker 2>still get horrible dreams. I still get violence. I still

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<v Speaker 2>can't tell reality from what's not real. I get visual

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<v Speaker 2>hallucinations and audible hallucinations still. And they're all from fighting,

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<v Speaker 2>and they're all from fighting and shooting and killing. I

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<v Speaker 2>could talk to him as they're dead because they got

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<v Speaker 2>a big bullet in their fucking throat, and I could

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<v Speaker 2>talk to him and we have a conversation and we

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<v Speaker 2>apologize for killing each other or for trying to kill

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<v Speaker 2>each other. It sucks, man. You don't know how bad

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<v Speaker 2>it sucks. You don't know how bad it is to

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<v Speaker 2>take somebody with half his head blown off and talk

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<v Speaker 2>to him and tell him you're sorry for that, and

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<v Speaker 2>he smiles that she says it's okay, ken, I understand

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<v Speaker 2>it was war. But I can't do that, man. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know how the guts. I just don't like dealing

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<v Speaker 2>with the dead, but the dead deal with me. And

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<v Speaker 2>it's all because of the night. It's all because of

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<v Speaker 2>horrible dreams. It's all because of the violence at night,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna stop goodbye.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and so here here's another one that's more about

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<v Speaker 1>his homeless situation and what he's gonna do after he

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<v Speaker 1>gets out of the hospital.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna be homeless again in the next couple of days.

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<v Speaker 2>I have nowhere to go. DSS doesn't even know what

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<v Speaker 2>to do with me. I gotta have my car, at

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<v Speaker 2>least I can live in that. I'm going to leave

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<v Speaker 2>this hospital with nothing. I'll have shoes, pants, and a sweatshirt,

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<v Speaker 2>and over the sweatshirt, I'll have a flannel and that's it.

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<v Speaker 2>And where am I going to go from there? I

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<v Speaker 2>have no idea. Probably some shelter if I could find one.

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<v Speaker 2>I just, hey, an dealt a bad hand. I'm a

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<v Speaker 2>fucking loser. You guys would delt good hands. Your winners,

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<v Speaker 2>take advantage of it, learn by my fucking mistakes, and

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<v Speaker 2>then your life will be good. But I am I'm just.

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<v Speaker 2>I have no luck, I have no nothing, I am nothing.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't do this anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>So, Yeah, it's bleak. I feel like I'm completely out

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<v Speaker 1>of options with him. The only thing I can think

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<v Speaker 1>of doing it is is this. I'm embarrassed and I'm humbled,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm I'm asking for support. I set up a

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<v Speaker 1>golf on me account to help you get him the

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<v Speaker 1>care and help that he needs. You can go to

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<v Speaker 1>GoFundMe dot com slash cook County and donate if you

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<v Speaker 1>want to, or share this with people who you might

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<v Speaker 1>think could help or would be interested. But I'm just

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<v Speaker 1>desperate at this point. I don't know what to do.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. I just hope that at some point

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<v Speaker 1>this guy can get the care he needs and have

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<v Speaker 1>a productive life again.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you.