Luke hugging his daddy at a visit to the playground on the esplanade in Cairns

This was another of my supervised visits with Luke. You can see how much he loved me, and how much I loved him. He was all I lived for, and he was too young to know why he wasnt allowed to see his daddy. I spoilt him rotten and he knew it. In his back yard he had a jumping castle, and a huge kiddy poo. I tried and I tried to get him out of foster care, but child safety would just not give him up.Instead they put him with a 74 year old foster carer where he lasted 3 weeks before he suffered a head inury and was left to die for 6 hours. He had a fractured skull, blood clot and bleeding on the brain. I rang three times at the foster carers house. The first time she was cold and said he banged his head and went to bed. The mystery that is yet to be solved is why his finger was bruised so badly it was black. That day I rang child safety complaints in Brisbane. I rang the head of child safety in Cairns and she did not ring back. I rang my visit supervisor and asked her to go and check on him, she didnt. I tried everything, then the next morning I received a phone call from The Department of Child Safety informing me he was in intensive care at the Cairns Base Hospital. When I got there all the Child Safety staff were there surrounded by police. Why couldnt they have rung me the night before? Luke was in a coma. Half his brain was dead by the time he had got to hospital, 5pm the day before. His foster carer had told me he had banged his head????? at 11am. I walked up to his bed and said "Lukey, Daddies here." A tear rolled out of his eye. My little baby boy, I miss you so much.

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[LukeBorusiewicz]

Join Luke's Army to help expose what happened to Luke, and what is happening to countless families world wide. Help Luke get justice and don't let his death at two years old in foster care be swept under the carpet. Join Luke's Army on facebook or join the lukesarmy site.

[LukeBorusiewicz]

Everyone is so vague on how Luke died. It was our once a week visit. I had travelled 4 hours for the visit and four hours back every week for a couple of months, and had never once been late, or missed a visit. Luke was all I lived for, and everyone could see it. One visit supervisor went back to the child safety office after the visit and demanded my child be returned to me, I was an outstanding father who loved his son amazingly so. Please support my fight for justice and join Luke's Army fb

[LukeBorusiewicz]

After each of these visits, Luke would be driven off in the back of a DoCS car, and I would fall to the ground and cry.

[LukeBorusiewicz]

You can see how much Luke and I loved each other.

[LukeBorusiewicz]

This is my favourite video of me and Luke. I loved holding him and hugging him more than anything I have known in my entire life. The way he ran to me for comfort, and how much we loved each other, I feel his love beyond death. He is with me all the time.

[CLovell89]

This child and father obviously loved each other a lot

[TheJaninewhite]

I am going to cry. I am speechless. It is obvious the child and his father love each other very much and the boy does not know what is happening, he is confused.

[hippychic70]

it is clear that little luke felt so safe in your arms, y on earth did he go back to that bitch.....what a tragedy!

[hippychic70]

michael, it is clear that you loved your gorgeous, precious, beautiful child so much and he loved you too, it is clear he felt safe in your arms and then a little unsure when the lady was talking to him, why on earth did they not let this child stay with you, i am a child professional and a mother of 3 children, one of similar age, it's an absolute tragedy what happened to your son, did the evil foster mother or the people responsibe for making the descisions get prosecuted? xx

[WithEveryTear]

Michael... tears in my eyes. The angels are so beautiful and should be with us. The love between you and Luke is so evident, it transcends through the film and leaves me in tears.

[KLunnar]

Michael, you know cause I've said it before but Luke was just precious!! It is clear that you two adored each other!! Im sitting here in tears just at the thought of what you are going through and what Luke went through, Big hugs and luv from all of us!! You are in our thoughts and prayers! K

[Adnama109]

I'm sorry :( Your story is evidence of how terrible the "child care" system has become. Maybe your struggles can be used to help others with the same circumstances.

Luke is in a wonderful place right now. Keep your chin up, sir. Thanks for sharing your story.

[6661superfrog]

orrrrr its sad to put on u tube the kid want kn ow but is sad:(

[texazreppin325]

Im so sorry