* Newstin.com is for sale! * After achieving our strategic milestone, we are offering for sale: Newstin.com and all 14 related domains featuring 1 million unique visitors per month + continuously updated news database of 37 million articles in 12 world languages from 166,000 global and weighted sources + 2.1 billion metadata * To seize this unique chance, contact invest@newstin.com. * Newstin.com is for sale! *
Full Coverage

Thieves steal a Make-A-Wish recipient's PS3

Jul 1, 2008
Story Timeline:  104 days

14-year-old Zak Touilii has only one great passion left in his life, the PS3 and the games given to him by the Make-A-Wish foundation. Last week, thieves broke into Zak’s Wollongong residence in Australia and took away his only respite from his terminal illness. Zak has duchenne muscular dystrophy, which is a degenerative disease characterized by the speed at which it hits its victims.In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Zak asks the only question he can right now.Why did they have to do that?Zak’s mother, who also lost jewelry and appliances in the robbery, relates the moment in which her son found out his priceless was object gone.He came flying out the front door and was just hysterical saying, 'Mum, they took my PlayStation.'Yesterday, the Make-a-Wish Foundation lambasted the thievery and the extra amount of... [read full story]                    

Add Comment
Latest article on this story:

Bastard Thieves Steal PS3 From Disabled Teenager [Crime]

kotaku.com Jul 2, 2008
First article on this story:

Thugs steal disabled boy's PS3

news.com.au Jul 1, 2008
Selected publications with coverage of this story:
RELATED