"How I Survived Elliot Rodger and his Day of Retribution" by Ian Gabrielle Rangel (Edited Transcript)
Good morning my dear friends, this is Ian. The time is about 4:30 a.m. Central Standard Time. Yes, I am awake at this hour. I've been up since after 3:30 a.m. I did get some decent sleep. I got at least 5 to 6 hours of sleep, so I cannot complain at this time. So, just to keep you updated, everything is fine with me; nutritional wise and medical wise. Thank goodness, it's all good from there, but that's not the point. The topic of the video is honoring my late best friend from California who committed suicide as of May 23rd of 2014. Yesterday marked his six year anniversary of his tragic passing, and now I'm going to discuss how I first met him, and how we just became close friends, the day that he passed, and how I managed to get through and survive the grieving process. So here it is folks. I'm not going to reveal his name due to anonymity reasons and due to privacy reasons. I think that most people who have close friends who died via suicide are entitled to their