Hero In Waffle House Shooting Raises Over $229,000 For Victims
Source: HuffPo
Moved by the heroism of James Shaw Jr., the young father who wrestled a gun away from an active shooter in a Tennessee Waffle House last month, strangers have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to support Shaw and his efforts to raise funds for the victims of the shooting and their families.
Shaw started a GoFundMe page in the days after the tragedy, hoping to raise $15,000 to help the families of those who died and were injured in the shooting.
As of Tuesday morning, donors to the campaign had raised over $229,000 — more than 15 times Shaw’s original target.
“I am overwhelmed,” the 29-year-old electrician said in a statement this week, according to The New York Times. “To the thousands of people who have expressed their care, prayers and made financial donations, I can only respond by saying ‘Thank you.’”
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This is the link to.the - Go Fund Me - page
https://www.gofundme.com/5g07bvs
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