Hazing victim's parents: They killed him

WE HAVE SARAH GANIM WITH MORE.
>> Reporter: THE PARENTS ARE
DETERMINED TO MAKE CHANGE.
THEIR SON WAS 19 YEARS OLD.
HE WANTED TO BE AN ENGINEER TO
MAKE PROSTHETIC LIMBS FOR
SOLDIERS AND KIDS WHO NEEDED
THEM.
IF THE PARENTS KNEW THEN WHAT
THEY KNOW ABOUT PENN STATE
FRATERNITIES, THEY WOULD NOT
ALLOW THEIR SON TO JOIN ONE.
>> HE WAS A SHY KID, BUT ONCE HE
WAS COMFORTABLE WITH YOU, HE HAD
A BIG PERSONALITY.
HE WOULD BRIGHTEN A ROOM WHEN HE
WALKED IN.
SOMETIMES BIGGER THAN LIFE.
>> Reporter: 19-YEAR-OLD TIMOTHY
PIAZZA DIED IN FEBRUARY.
A GRAND JURY FINDING HE WAS PUT
THROUGH A HAZING RITUAL AT HIS
FRATERNITY HOUSE CALLED THE
BEGA
GAUNTLET.
PROSECUTORS SAY THE VIDEO SHOWS
HIM UNABLE TO STAND.
REPEATEDLY FALLING.
DOWN 15 FEET OF STAIRS AND THEN
HITTING HIS HEAD ON THE STONE
FLOOR ON AN IRON RAILING AND ON
A DOOR BEFORE FALLING DOWN THE
STAIRS AGAIN.
AUTHORITIES SAY FRATERNITY
MEMBERS WAITED 12 HOURS BEFORE
CALLING 911 AND THEN TRIED TO
COVER UP WHAT HAPPENED.
>> WHEN I WALKED INTO THE ROOM,
IT LOOKED LIKE HE GOT HIT BY A
CAR.
IT WAS BAD.
BUT I GOT TO SEE HIM.
I GOT TO SAY GOOD-BYE.
>> WHEN YOU GOT TO THE HOSPITAL,
HE WAS STILL ALIVE?
>> YEAH.
>> WERE YOU ABLE TO TALK TO HIM
THEM?
>> I REMEMBER I THINK I HELD HIS
HAND AND TELLING HIM WE LOVE HIM
AND WHATNOT.
HE WAS CERTAINLY NOT VISIBLY
WITH US.
WE DID SEE A TEAR COME TO HIS
EYE AND ROLL DOWN HIS CHEEK.
I'M NOT SURE IF I WANT TO KNOW
IF HE HEARD US OR NOT.
IF HE HEARD US, THEN HE KNEW HE
WAS DYING.
AND HE WOULD THINK HE LET US
DOWN.
>> THE INDICTMENT IS HORRIFIC
FOR ANYONE TO READ.
BEING HIS PARENTS, READING THAT,
WHEN YOU READ THOSE DETAILS.
>> THEY KILLED HIM.
THEY FED HIM LETHAL DOSES OF
ALCOHOL AND KILLED HIM AND
TREATED HIM LIKE ROAD KILL LIKE
A RAG DOLL.
THEY SLAPPED HIM AROUND.
THREW WATER ON HIM.
ONE KID PUNCHED HIS AREA THAT
WAS CLEARLY VISIBLE.
>> THEY SAID THE SPLEEN WAS
SHATTERED.
>> IT WAS CHILLING AS A PARENT.
CHILLING.
IN MY MIND, IT WAS MURDER.
THEY LET HIM SUFFER FOR 12
HOURS.
THEY LET HIM DIE A SLOW DEATH.
IT'S NOT ANY WAY ANYBODY SHOULD
BE TREATED.
THERE WERE PEOPLE IN THAT HOUSE
THAT KNEW HE WAS DYING.
WHEN THEY KNEW THAT DEATH WAS
IMMINENT THE NEXT MORNING, THEY
WAITED 42 MINUTES TO CALL FOR
HELP WHILE THEY TOLD PEOPLE TO
CLEAN UP.
COVER UP THE EVIDENCE.
GET RID OF IT.
THIS WASN'T BOYS BEING BOYS.
THIS WAS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
>> WHAT HAS BEEN THE RESPONSE TO
YOU FROM PENN STATE OFFICIALS?
WHAT HAVE THEY SAID TO YOU?
>> I HAD A DIALOGUE WITH THE
PRESIDENT BARON TO SOME EXTENT.
OTHERWISE, PENN STATE HAS BEEN
SI
SILENT.
NO ONE FROM PENN STATE OR THE
FRATERNITY CAME TO THE WAKE OR
FUNERAL.
>> NO ONE?
NONE OF THE FRATERNITY BROTHERS?
>> NO ONE.
>> NO PENN STATE OFFICIALS?
>> NO PENN STATE OWE
EFFICOFFICIALS?
>> YOU EXPECTED A DIFFERENT
RESPONSE?
>> I EXPECT PEOPLE TO CARE.
>> YOU FEEL THEY DON'T?
>> I FEEL THEY ARE COVERING
THEIR BUTT.
>> AFTER TIMOTHY PIAZZA DIED,
PENN STATE RESTRICTED ALCOHOL TO
BEER AND WINE AND PUT THE
FRATERNITY ON SUSPENSION.
>> FIRST OF ALL, THE CHANGES
THEY PUT THROUGH, WE TOLD THEM
THEY HAD TO.
I KEEP HEARING FROM PRESIDENT
BARON.
I CAN'T DO ANYTHING TO THE
FRATERNITIES.
THEY ARE ON PRIVATE PROPERTIES.
UNIVERSITIES NEED TO TAKE A
TOUGHER STANCE.
DON'T SAY IT IS PRIVATE
PROPERTY.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT HAS
CALLED THE INCIDENT INCOME
PRESENCEABLE.
THE FRAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A
DRY FRATERNITY.
A RESULT OF A SUSPENSION EIGHT
YEARS AGO.
>> THIS WAS AN ALCOHOL FREE
HAZING FREE FRATERNITY WITH AN
ADULT ATHLETIC TRAINER IN THE
HOUSE.
YEARS OF PARTIES DOCUMENTED ON
THE TAPES.
NOBODY PAID ATTENTION TO
ANYTHING.
I BLAME ALL OF THEM.
>> YOU REFERENCED TAPES.
THERE WERE SECURITY CAMERAS IN
THE HOUSE?
>> YES.
>> AND AN ADULT SLEEPING
UPSTAIRS?
>> WAS HE SLEEPING?
WHO KNOWS.
>> YOU CALLED FOR HIM TO BE
FIRED.
>> SEVERAL TIMES.
>> WHY IS THAT?
>> BECAUSE HE HAD TO KNOW THAT
THERE WERE ILLEGAL PARTIES GOING
IN THAT HOUSE FOR YEARS THAT HE
LIVED THERE.
HE NEVER SAID A WORD TO ANYBODY.
HE HAS A RESPONSIBILITY AS ADULT
AND ADVISER AS PART OF THE
UNIVERSITY STAFF TO SPEAK UP
WHEN HE SEES SOMETHING GOING
WRONG.
HE DIDN'T.
HE ALLOWED A YOUNG MAN, MY SON,
TO DIE ON HIS WATCH.
THAT'S WHY.
>> IT WAS NO SURPRISE THEY WERE
HAVING PARTIES.
YOU CAN'T GET RID OF ALL OF THE
PARTIES AND VOMIT AND TRASH.
>> Reporter: THAT MAN, A CHAPTER
ADVISER HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED
ACCORDING TO THE INDICTMENT NO
ONE NOTIFIED HIM.
HE MADE NO COMMENTS.
>> WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE
HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE?
>> I THINK THE FIRST THING THAT
HAS TO HAPPEN IS GO THROUGH THE
TRIALS AND HOPEFULLY MAKE A
STATEMENT TO THE COUNTRY THAT
THIS CAN'T HAPPEN.
TIM PIAZZA IS NOT JUST OUR SON.
HE REALLY REPRESENTS EVERY SON
AND DAUGHTER OF EVERY FAMILY
THAT IS LOOKING TO GO TO COLLEGE
AND POTENTIALLY PARTICIPATE IN
GREEK LIFE IN THE FUTURE.
WE NEED TO MAKE THE CHANGES FOR
THEM.
>> Reporter: CNN HAS MADE
REQUESTS FOR COMMENT TO PENN
STATE AND THE PRESIDENT AND
ADVISER AND THOSE CHARGED AND
LAWYERS HAVE ALL DECLINED TO BE
INTERVIEWED.

Hazing victim's parents: They killed him

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