Holly Indridson, 38, has joined a club nobody wants to belong to.

She91裸聊视频檚 yet another parent who91裸聊视频檚 lost a beloved child to mindless violence in Surrey.

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檝e been through so many losses and this one, it91裸聊视频檚 crushed my will to live but I have to live, you know,91裸聊视频� she says, less than three days after her 17-year-old son, Ethan Bespflug, died in hospital after being fatally stabbed April 11 while riding a bus in the 9900-block of King George Boulevard.

Before Tuesday night, when he texted that he was scared and threatened by other passengers, Ethan had never complained about riding bus or SkyTrain.

91裸聊视频淗im and his friend would take the bus and SkyTrain, they91裸聊视频檇 take it downtown, they91裸聊视频檇 go to Brentwood Mall, they91裸聊视频檇 go to Metrotown, they utilized it so they could explore their surroundings and their world you know, as teenagers would. I don91裸聊视频檛 think at any time he felt unsafe and for this to happen on the bus91裸聊视频�,91裸聊视频� Indridson, an Abbotsford resident, trails off.

Authorities from Premier David Eby on down have expressed outrage at her son91裸聊视频檚 homicide and have promised enhanced police patrols on public transit in its wake.

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 hoping that they can put more security,91裸聊视频� Indridson says of this. 91裸聊视频淲hen I was younger, there was a security guard or a transit police on the bus itself, when I was like 17.

91裸聊视频淚 thought there would be a lot more,91裸聊视频� she says.

TransLink CEO Kevin Quinn vented about the crime during an in Surrey on Friday,

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 angry, we91裸聊视频檙e really angry, I91裸聊视频檓 very frustrated, I91裸聊视频檓 bothered by these events and as a parent of two transit-riding kids, every single day, I am concerned,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淲e will not allow criminals or those who want to commit crimes to come onto our system.91裸聊视频�

TransLink CEO Kevin Quinn goes "off script" about violence on public transit during presser in Surrey on Friday.

91裸聊视频� Tom Zytaruk (@tomzytaruk)

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檒l say as a father, I will say I was particularly shocked regarding the fatal stabbing of a teenager aboard one of our buses and our sincere condolences are with that young man91裸聊视频檚 family,91裸聊视频� Quinn said.

91裸聊视频淥ur Transit Police have already stepped up patrols in crime hot spots and the forthcoming 24 community safety officers will allow police to further focus their efforts on criminal activity. We91裸聊视频檙e always looking for new ways to improve safety on transit and I want to emphasize that if anyone feels unsafe on our system they should immediately text Transit Police at any time at 87-7777.91裸聊视频�

More from TransLink CEO Kevin Quinn on recent violence on public transit.

91裸聊视频� Tom Zytaruk (@tomzytaruk)

Indridson says two GoFundMe campaigns will help her surviving children and help put Ethan to rest. By Friday afternoon, by her sister-in-law Andrea Van Der Gracht had already raised $19,485 dollars another aunt, Daphni Miller, had by Friday afternoon raised $16,931.

91裸聊视频淭he outpouring of support and just people that are messaging me that are just, I don91裸聊视频檛 know them, but other mothers that are messaging me, the family, the friends, people I haven91裸聊视频檛 talked to since high school, it91裸聊视频檚 just amazing how communities come together but I just wish it wasn91裸聊视频檛 under these circumstances,91裸聊视频� Indridson says. 91裸聊视频淚 can feel it and I know Ethan is smiling down because that it91裸聊视频檚 what he would want in this type of situation, for his family not to feel alone and feel love and support.91裸聊视频�

Her younger children 91裸聊视频渁re devastated.

91裸聊视频淢y kids were all very close, they got along well, there91裸聊视频檚 very large age gaps between some of them. They connected in such a way that to me it was magical watching them together and Ethan was the largest piece of the puzzle.91裸聊视频�

Homicide detectives are in contact with her.

At this time of writing a suspect had not been identified.

91裸聊视频淭hey91裸聊视频檙e trying to not overwhelm me,91裸聊视频� she says of police. 91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檝e asked everyone to not tell me anything because I cannot handle it, you know. So they came over and they told me it91裸聊视频檚 going well. That91裸聊视频檚 all, for me, that I can take at this time because I don91裸聊视频檛 want it to be real. I91裸聊视频檓 in shock.91裸聊视频�

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