{"id":38983,"date":"2017-08-05T06:49:34","date_gmt":"2017-08-05T06:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=38983"},"modified":"2017-08-05T06:49:34","modified_gmt":"2017-08-05T06:49:34","slug":"50-bikers-escort-bullied-boy-to-first-day-of-middle-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/lifestyle\/relationships\/50-bikers-escort-bullied-boy-to-first-day-of-middle-school.html","title":{"rendered":"50 bikers escort bullied boy to first day of middle school"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">50 bikers escort bullied boy to first day of middle school<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">50 bikers escort bullied boy to first day of middle school:- Eleven-year-old Phil Mick was nervous to start his first day of sixth grade.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">According to his mom, Tammy Mick of Auburn, Indiana, Phil had confessed that he didn&#8217;t want to return to class after being bullied during his final year of elementary school.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">&#8220;He was hiding it,&#8221; Tammy Mick told ABC News. &#8220;He came home with bumps and bruises. He said he wanted to end his life and I stepped up as parent and tried to get things taken care of.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">On Tuesday, Phil showed up for class with 50 bikers on motorcycles behind him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">Brent Warfield, sales manager of KDZ Motorcycle Sales &amp; Service and a mutual friend of the Mick family, decided to step in and help after hearing about Phil&#8217;s situation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">&#8220;I met Phil and I met Tammy and she had told be about him getting bullied,&#8221; Warfield told ABC News. &#8220;I said, &#8216;Well next year get a hold of me and we can give him an escorted ride to school.'&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">&#8220;When you hear an 11-year-old-kid talking about getting kicked and picked on all because they don&#8217;t have as much money or wear nice clothes, being overweight and then having an 11-year-old son myself, it reached down deep and hit me,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">Warfield put a call out on Facebook for bikers to join him in escorting Phil to school on Aug. 1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">That morning, a total of 50 bikers arrived at Phil&#8217;s house, bringing with them new clothes and school supplies, Warfield said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">&#8220;It gave him confidence,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;The middle school is a fresh start for him. I&#8217;ve talked to him several days since. He goes to school happy, comes home happy.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">Mick said the special day left her son ecstatic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">\u201cI wanted to cry, it was so heartwarming,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Every day, he talks about that ride. He said it was amazing. [To] Brent and all the riders who came, from the bottom of my heart, I want to thank them. 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