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>> after abbie died, a funeral was held on the school grounds. >> she cared for others in a way that i have not seen in many people in my life. and this school, that did not permit abbie to go to the graegs, allowed her to be buried in the hershey school section of the local cemetery. thank you so much. coming up next, a food truck explosion. look at this, flames and smoke shooting up, no one was injured or killed. now police know what happened. plus, his record setting performance has people calling him the u.s. secretary of defense. tim howard talks to cnn today. he is "the man." we asked ...

>> reporter: abbie's family believes the hershey school made an inhumane decision by barring her from campus on a day she had looked forward to most of her life. >> they crushed her. they did. >> reporter: we wanted to find out why the school couldn't have allowed this child at the very least say goodbye to her friend she went to school with oover nine years. we looked over 400 pages of medical records after they received them from the school. they did indicate abbie received quality care by the school, and particularly from a school psychologist named dr. benjamin hurr. but they showed no con...

Contributed to abbey getting very depressed. the records indicate abby frequently thought about killing herself. and that became relevant, because the hershey school has a policy that students need to be free of serious emotional and behavioral problems. in the spring of 2013, the school said abby needed to be professionally treated at a mental health institution that does cork with the school in congress junction with students. >> they told me if i did not put her in the institution she would lose her enrollment. this was her goal. she wanted to be in this school. abby bartels had been going ...

School denied her. >> in the name of the father, the son and the holy spirit. >> reporter: after abbie died, a funeral was held on the school grounds. and one of her house parents who lived in her small residence hall gave the eulogy. >> her smile conveyed her compassion. she cared for others in a way that i have not seen in many people. >> reporter: and this school, which did not permit abbie to go to the graduation did permit her to be buried in the hershey school section of the local cemetery. gary tuchman, cnn, hershey, pennsylvania. >> any way you cut it, a tragic loss for that family. ...

This. i said, are you a child care professional at all? i said what are you, a bunch of morons? >> the school did not budge. eight days after the graduation she wasn't allowed to go to, abby's step grandfather was in the house and called her name. he did not get a response. he walked up to her room and saw her in the closet. >> i said oh my god, abby, what did you do? and i was kind of waiting for an answer but i knew it wasn't going to come. >> abby was dead. she had hanged herself on the clothing rod in the closet. >> i miss her. i wish she was still here. >> abby's family believes the hersh...