Raul Hernandez 1991-2008
Born in Bercelona, Spain in 1991. He became a French army cadet along with me and a few friends in 2008. We used to sit around with our fellow cadets, watching crappy movies and laughing at how shoddy they were. He used to take everyones money whenever we played cards. We could spend hours playing basketball, with neither of us keeping score. On May 10th, 2008 I was stabbed in the leg during a fight. He brought in my laptop so I could stay connected to the world. I was released from the hospital on May 12th, 2008. I was angry about being stabbed, of course. So angry, in fact, that I wanted to go find the guys I was fighting with when I got stabbed and give them the worst beating of their lives. Raul talked me out of it. But then the gang jumped my roommate, who was not involved in the earlier fights, for no reason. I was so angry, I managed to convince Raul to come fight them with me. We found three of them on a street corner and charged. Raul and I each fought one, while the third ran away. He brought reinforcements. Somebody saw what was going on and soon some of my friends were fighting, too. Eventually the cops arrived in force and broke up the fight. Thats when we saw Raul lying on the pavement with multiple stab wounds. He was rushed to the hospital, and pronounced dead on arrival. I can't help but realize that if I had not dragged him into that fight he would still be alive today. Much of the responsibility for his death lays on my shoulders, and I must bear that as long as I live.
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