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The father of a 20-year-old bottle shop attendant speaks out after his son was killed overnight · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: I am told right now that we have actually got yeah,
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  Speaker 1: that we have actually got the father of this young
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  Speaker 1: victim on the phone. Chrystial, my producer, has just told
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  Speaker 1: me that we have got the father of this young
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  Speaker 1: man on the phone. Now. He does want to remain
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  Speaker 1: anonymous at this point in time, we will withhold his
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  Speaker 1: name at this point. Good morning to you. Hello mate,
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  Speaker 1: I honestly I don't even know what to say at
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  Speaker 1: this point. Can you talk me through what happened with
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  Speaker 1: your young fella last night?
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  Speaker 2: Apologize for me speaking to some of it obviously have
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  Speaker 2: said at the moment. He went to work at two
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  Speaker 2: o'clock and did my first pump and everything like he
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  Speaker 2: always does. It's a good kid. And then it's a
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  Speaker 2: quarter to nine. I was asleep, but I've got a
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  Speaker 2: text and I woke up to the text and it
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  Speaker 2: said I if you dad, I've been stamped. And then
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  Speaker 2: he passed. I had he had my vehicle, so I
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  Speaker 2: got an uber straight through the Airport hotel where the
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  Speaker 2: police and paramedics were there, and the paramedics everyone was
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  Speaker 2: was great and said that he had passed. Yeah. The
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  Speaker 2: the staff were obviously upset, and the managers turned up everything.
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  Speaker 2: Everyone was there with security guard. He tried to resuscitate him,
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  Speaker 2: but to no avail.
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  Speaker 1: Right, So your son messaged you after what had happened.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, ma'am.
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  Speaker 1: What did he say?
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  Speaker 2: He said? He said, love you being dabbed.
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  Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, I honestly I cannot even imagine how
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  Speaker 1: you are feeling today and the fact that you have
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  Speaker 1: garnered the strength to be able to talk to us
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  Speaker 1: this morning. Can you tell me what type of what
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  Speaker 1: tell me about your son? What type of what type
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  Speaker 1: of kid he is?
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  Speaker 2: Here's a wonderful opinionated wrong, lad you know typical twenty
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  Speaker 2: years is twenty? Yeah, he was twenty in February. He's
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  Speaker 2: been up in the territory the last two years, from
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  Speaker 2: Queensland and Keynes before that. And he loved his football
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  Speaker 2: and he just he was doing he was really into
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  Speaker 2: music at the moment and he was trying to get
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  Speaker 2: some songs released and also he was studying as well
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  Speaker 2: and working thirty to thirty odd hours a week at
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  Speaker 2: thew sair Ball.
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  Speaker 1: And did he how did he like his job? Is
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  Speaker 1: it something that he enjoyed doing or was he did
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  Speaker 1: he had he ever been in a dangerous situation before.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, he definitely had there. They have numerous He's been
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  Speaker 2: had a screwdriver pulled on him a few weeks ago,
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  Speaker 2: and the other staff members had been physically attacked and
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  Speaker 2: he couldn't come back to work. They get tacked quite often,
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  Speaker 2: that particular one, as all I know, and he was
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  Speaker 2: looking for another job. He just couldn't handle it anymore.
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  Speaker 2: And even uptil a week ago, a person came in
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  Speaker 2: and asked for his resume. Well, I won't say the company,
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  Speaker 2: and yeah, it's it's getting very very bad out there
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  Speaker 2: for everyone. It really is. I mean, whether it was
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  Speaker 2: my son or someone else has said with the best
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  Speaker 2: done as well, it's something needs to be done. And
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  Speaker 2: we should have been calling for this a long time,
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  Speaker 2: and I know we have been, but.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, something has to change. It one hundred has to change.
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  Speaker 1: No father should feel how you are feeling this morning,
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  Speaker 1: and no father should have to suffer the loss that
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  Speaker 1: you have to die.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's yeah, that's exactly, and I wouldn't want anyone
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  Speaker 2: else to feel it because it Yeah, it's just little
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  Speaker 2: things that you know, I'm sysheim and I and you know,
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  Speaker 2: just little things would have come home and the dinners
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  Speaker 2: in the French know from last night and you know
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  Speaker 2: it's just little, just little things in Yeah, it's especially
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  Speaker 2: the first few hours because so interstate family become of
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  Speaker 2: course that takes a little bit and in nationally and
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  Speaker 2: that's so it's been really hard. Luckily I've had two
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  Speaker 2: people to help me through this time at this stage,
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  Speaker 2: but yeah, it's incredibly difficult. My work's been great, which
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  Speaker 2: I don't mean they would be anything save ye, and
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  Speaker 2: I'm doing so much support as well. I haven't heard
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  Speaker 2: from BWS or anyone as of yet. I did speak
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  Speaker 2: to their operations manager last night and their manager of
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  Speaker 2: the airport and they were very very sincere. I have
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  Speaker 2: texted as the manager of the sort she has taken
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  Speaker 2: me today. I've got a conversation. I'm thankful for that. Now.
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  Speaker 1: You told me that when you arrived, the paramedics were there.
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  Speaker 1: I'm assuming that other staff that were there with your
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  Speaker 1: son as well had helped him out. Can you tell
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  Speaker 1: can you tell me what you saw and what they
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  Speaker 1: told you?
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  Speaker 2: Well, the problem was that they weren't able to say
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  Speaker 2: anything because it's investigation. I wasn't my vehicle is still
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  Speaker 2: there because obviously he had my keys. The worst thing
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  Speaker 2: is is his friends in Darwin. I can't get hold
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  Speaker 2: of them yet to tell them. I mean, they're going
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  Speaker 2: to be hearing this from this media or some other
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  Speaker 2: media outlet. You know, if they put two and two together,
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  Speaker 2: I need to get four. The security guard, he really
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  Speaker 2: tried to save his life. They have. The poor people
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  Speaker 2: there were incontrollable as well. It's everyone. I mean, I
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  Speaker 2: am thankful that they b WF has closed the stores
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  Speaker 2: in day into a respect for my son, and I
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  Speaker 2: thank them to that. And yes, you're right, it's very hard,
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  Speaker 2: but it's more than one person has been infected here
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  Speaker 2: and these other people who went through what they went
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  Speaker 2: through last night, they're not going to be able to
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  Speaker 2: forget this. And again something needs to be done on
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  Speaker 2: your show that people have said that they've worked in
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  Speaker 2: the industry before, and that particular place as well. I'm
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  Speaker 2: not saying it's just that particular place, because it's not.
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  Speaker 2: It's all over done with the view rules change. And
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  Speaker 2: yes it has got worse from what I've heard in
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  Speaker 2: the last few weeks as well.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it is. Honestly, I think we've all seen some
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  Speaker 1: of the escalation in what's gone on over recent weeks,
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  Speaker 1: and I think that that is why people are just
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  Speaker 1: feeling Some people are feeling really angry this morning upon
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  Speaker 1: hearing the news of the loss of your son. Others
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  Speaker 1: are feeling absolutely devastated. And I do want to say
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  Speaker 1: to you that you've got the whole of Darwin behind
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  Speaker 1: you today. My heart is broken for you and and
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  Speaker 1: our love and prayers to you. Like I said, I
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  Speaker 1: cannot imagine how you are feeling, but please know that
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  Speaker 1: all of the Northern Territory is behind you.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you very much for the kind words, and I
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  Speaker 2: really do appreciate everything and everyone that's thinking of myself
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  Speaker 2: and my family at this time. Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: So much. Love to you and to your family. Thank
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  Speaker 1: you so very much for speaking to us this morning.
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  Speaker 1: And I know that I'm sure some further detail will
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  Speaker 1: come out, but please know that your son is going
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  Speaker 1: to be remembered respected, and we're going to try our
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  Speaker 1: best to make sure that something change changes.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you very much. I appreciate it very much.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you