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Professional Bull Riders

Bull rider killed on tour didn't realize dream of buying home for parents. Now donations are flooding in.

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American bull riders came to pay their respects in Sunset, Texas earlier this week, but there was a problem. 

The parents of Amadeu Campos Silva, a 22-year-old Brazilian bull rider killed a week ago when a bull stomped on his chest at a Professional Bull Riders (PBR) event in Fresno, California, do not speak English.

So, outside their mobile home in the small rural town, a retired Brazilian bull rider translated as the parents told a story about Silva. He was 7 and his family was facing eviction from their home in Brazil, the parents explained. 

Silva knew of a dairy farm with an old, abandoned house on it. He found the owner. Later that day, the owner came to visit Silva’s parents.