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Horrifying moment brave disabled girl, 12, desperately tries to fight back after being pulled out of her wheelchair by cruel bullies at Orlando middle school



The mother of a 12-year-old girl who was brutally attacked by bullies at Conway Middle School in Orlando is speaking out about the abuse.


Footage of two disturbing attacks on the 12-year-old in the bathroom and an elevator show her being dragged around and shoved onto the floor in an attack filmed by fellow students.


The girl's mother said she was furious and distraught that her daughter (left) was attacked and the footage posted on Instagram

The victim's mother revealed that her daughter had been bullied for weeks by the same girls.


'I'm sickened to see that video; I keep thinking about what could have happened. I'm mad and disappointed. How can I drop my daughter off every day and not wonder what could happen? She's defenseless; she can't walk.'


Hall's daughter suffers from a rare spinal condition and has had six surgeries since she was five. She was told she would not live beyond age 10.


The horrifying video begins with the victim prone on her knees before the other girl grabs her head and pushes it into the bathroom floor

The horrifying video begins with the victim on her knees, pushed to the floor by one of the bullies. She tries to retaliate but is swung around the room by the much taller attacker.


Eventually, the victim manages to stumble back into her wheelchair.


The girl is swung around the room in a full circle after the bigger student grabbed her arm

The girl's father, alerted to the attack, contacted school administrators, who had not reached out to either parent.


When Hall finally spoke to her daughter, she was with the girl who attacked her, who claimed they were only playing.


The 12-year-old was attacked in the bathroom and an elevator at Conway Middle School (pictured) in Orlando

'I told her my daughter was in a wheelchair for a reason and they couldn't be playing like that. But I was misled.'

The victim revealed that she had been enduring bullying for weeks, leaving her mother angry that the school had not addressed the issue before.


'It's scary that she was enduring this, and no one at the school did anything about it. If they had started, this wouldn't have happened.'


Principal Joshua Bing mentioned that an investigation was opened, but it's unclear if the girls involved have faced discipline.


The victim suffers from chondrodysplasia punctata, a rare disorder characterized by skeletal abnormalities and other health issues.


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