Father Begs Strangers to Beat Him To Raise Money For Son’s Eye Operation

Father Begs Strangers to Beat Him To Raise Money For Son’s Eye OperationFather Begs Strangers to Beat Him To Raise Money For Son’s Eye Operation
A Chinese father, desperate for money, has a heart-rending plea to passersby on a street in Beijing: they may hit him on his buttocks in exchange for 10 yuan ($1.45), so he can accumulate enough money to pay for his son’s operation.
Wearing only his boxers, the dad can be found kneeling in the frigid weather, right next to a metro station in central Beijing. He held up a wooden stick, offering strangers to hit him for a small amount of money. According to the Mirror (via South China Morning Post), his wife sat by his side, with their one-year-old son who has a congenital eye disorder.
The poor family from Chongqing had traveled almost 1,500 km to the capital to have the child treated. A message on a cardboard sign next to himself explained their quandary: Without immediate treatment, the infant could go blind permanently.
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The 100,000 yuan (over $14,500) hospital fee required for the operation was too much for the man, which is why he had to resort to desperate means. So far, there have been a few people who donated money, but nobody has hit him yet.
“I was forced by the reality and there was nothing else I could do. I felt so guilty and sad … I did this to raise attention in the hope people will help my son,” he was quoted as saying.
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