3 I* k1 F8 \/ g( f) A 罗塞蒂将影片放在自己的个人网站上供网民下载，畸形恐怖的画面和触目惊心的事实让世人震惊，肖恩也因此扬名全球。 % ^; e- e1 R" @% v
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冰毒在医学上称“甲基苯丙胺”，是一种苯丙胺类毒品，毒性强大，长期大量使用可导致精神混乱、心脏功能衰竭、中毒甚至死亡。 9 d% A2 Z9 P0 _9 K8 V, o! N" J. t : I0 {8 f, x/ L9 m# eMeth comes at a high cost to Missouri man8 ]! A% J0 U$ x
4 ^% O B7 e& w4 Q% s% e1 ZCAPE GIRARDEAU - Jack Bridges doesn't know exactly when his son, Shawn, began abusing methamphetamine, but the doctors knew six years ago the drugs that ravaged him for so long would ultimately kill him. 8 Y7 j+ Q5 u5 ` ' b( `1 \6 L8 G5 }9 o7 m* z% ~"We knew the damage that had been done to his body. He (Shawn) was only given six months to a year to live. The good Lord gave him five and a half years longer than the doctors gave him, and we thank Him for every minute of it," Bridges said Tuesday, one day after his son died in a Cape Girardeau hospital. / S' A. Q5 F2 r6 o8 a$ e% j! _0 T: z3 i0 |9 A9 R* b% P V: _
Shawn Bridges, 35, led a far from charmed life. At age 4 he lost his infant brother in a car accident, something his father said Shawn always blamed himself for, even though he wasn't even a witness to the incident. 6 }! L% \+ c4 p% B( i+ l N " y/ X! S- D. I) SShawn dropped out of high school at 16 and was a heavy partier, his father said. Then, he began using methamphetamine. He had tried to commit suicide twice, and heavy drug use had stopped his heart two more times, forcing doctors to shock Shawn back to life.1 ~" ]$ [6 w' @
# s$ F. p& {+ A9 x% X" X0 \ ~- aBy the time former Southern Illinois filmmaker Chip Rossetti met him last year, Shawn was almost fully bed-ridden, eating with the assistance of a feeding tube and relieving himself through a catheter. 4 g2 e) B+ M# K4 u% A) n# Q ( B! d4 V9 I3 Z4 e, @- C6 N1 W"I would say he was nearly in the state of being catatonic; he couldn't really talk, move or focus on anything," Rossetti said. - ^1 Y. K& ~# Z3 x / I- Z- o7 ~; `7 Y1 e- K7 x+ rRossetti came to the Bridges family because Shawn wanted to document and show what methamphetamine had done to him. % D% E& O) G( p4 S/ S 5 u) E \' O. fHis wish became a 29-minute documentary Rossetti titled, "No More Sunsets." 3 U$ K1 c1 T$ Z* y9 E! n( ?1 k1 G# I/ X
"A lot of people associate sunrises and sunsets as peaceful times; it's also seen a time of beauty. I shot the film in black and white, because at the time I wanted to show that Shawn was no longer able to see the beauty in life," Rossetti said. 5 G4 P9 T9 ^8 O. E5 L + V G4 O8 w, d. o# t8 p+ H# MShawn originally intended the film to be shown to kids from the local church he once attended. However, in 2006 the film became something of an international phenomenon, gaining attention from all corners of the globe. 0 u( M9 x2 G- f" T5 O1 {& E" I4 t4 ^+ b1 V# k1 p# ^
"I've had inquiries from every state in the United States, from Thailand, China and Germany," Rossetti said.# F* w& ~9 ?( F) e2 r5 X
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The worldwide attention opened Rossetti's eyes to just how widespread the methamphetamine problem is today.* `/ M( k5 ^3 F, S% @) s: L& m) E0 a
7 I2 l8 g; H7 w* M8 i5 |8 ?Jack Bridges said he never expected his son's story to touch so many people.8 d4 ^+ u7 w# r3 g3 T3 K6 @$ N$ {
; T: ^" [4 U' x+ w% n) {; i+ j' Z"I don't think anyone did, and we didn't expect the nationwide or worldwide publicity it received," he said. "Whether you believe in God or not, I think He has sent this message to try to get this problem in the world turned around."7 s7 Z8 b: w: z/ E/ `9 f$ P
) C: h. A8 x5 X; S1 HEven in death, Shawn's story continues to attract big name media like CNN and Fox News, Bridges said. He said he doesn't mind the attention on his son, as long as it helps others be aware of the inherent dangers meth use poses to a person's life.) ]2 ~' Q9 k, [) F* w4 C
; R( m: P/ u# O7 W"I'm not proud of Shawn for how he got this way," Bridges said. "But, I am extremely proud for him to have had the courage to say, 'Hey, world, look at what this crap has done to me; don't let it happen to you.'"
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