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He looked at me and he said, 'You are just a distraught young lady, you are mentally unstable,' and didn't believe me and proceeded to completely ignore what I told him, and I think that's what upset me more than anything else, was the fact that he didn't believe me and it still happened to other girls after me. Nothing was done. – Katie Wales	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Tom was distraught after the incident. He couldn't talk. He couldn't put any thoughts together. – Jeffrey Miller	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Jasper Spires’re pretty distraught that Police Chief Lanier was released for a similar if not less deadly crime two days earlier, it led to a direct line to my nephew’s death. – Joe Sutherland	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
He was distraught as he learned of the devastation. – Brandon Bostian	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I couldn't see for a moment because my eyes were so watery and I was distraught, I was in a state of mind, I had no idea what was happening. I was almost about to black out. And I grabbed it and I started swinging. – Tommy Schaefer	Found on CNN 9 years ago
I know it seems like a lot of money to spend on an operation for a goldfish, but what was the alternative? i think [we have] a social responsibility to look after our pets, and I know my daughter would have been distraught if anything had happened to the goldfish. – Abby Gordon	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Red Star Belgrade was an act of hostility and a terrible tragedy... I am distraught, We had been warning the Turkish authorities for two days prior to the game that it was going to be a high-risk match and we are now trying to make sure that all Red Star fans leave Turkey safely as soon as possible. . – Zoran Markovic	Found on Reuters 9 years ago

He looked at me and he said, 'You are just a distraught young lady, you are mentally unstable,' and didn't believe me and proceeded to completely ignore what I told him, and I think that's what upset me more than anything else, was the fact that he didn't believe me and it still happened to other girls after me. Nothing was done.

– Katie Wales

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Tom was distraught after the incident. He couldn't talk. He couldn't put any thoughts together.

– Jeffrey Miller

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Jasper Spires’re pretty distraught that Police Chief Lanier was released for a similar if not less deadly crime two days earlier, it led to a direct line to my nephew’s death.

– Joe Sutherland

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

He was distraught as he learned of the devastation.

– Brandon Bostian

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I couldn't see for a moment because my eyes were so watery and I was distraught, I was in a state of mind, I had no idea what was happening. I was almost about to black out. And I grabbed it and I started swinging.

– Tommy Schaefer

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I know it seems like a lot of money to spend on an operation for a goldfish, but what was the alternative? i think [we have] a social responsibility to look after our pets, and I know my daughter would have been distraught if anything had happened to the goldfish.

– Abby Gordon

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Red Star Belgrade was an act of hostility and a terrible tragedy... I am distraught, We had been warning the Turkish authorities for two days prior to the game that it was going to be a high-risk match and we are now trying to make sure that all Red Star fans leave Turkey safely as soon as possible. .

– Zoran Markovic

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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