A fundraiser has been set up to help 2-year-old Aiden McCarthy, whose parents were murdered on Monday. heavy gunfire During the July 4 parade in Highland Park, Illinois, it has raised nearly $2 million since its inception on Tuesday.
As of Wednesday morning, GoFundMe has raised $1.92 million, with its organization, Irina Colon, stating that it created the fundraising effort with the permission of the boy’s family. The child was not injured in the shooting.
Kevin McCarthy, 37, and Irina McCarthy, 35, were among those killed during the mass shooting, and Aiden separated from his parents during the chaos. Dana and Greg Ring He told CBS Chicago They found the child with a stranger, and he was in shock, and they took the boy and looked after him until a Highland Park Police detective brought him in and reunited him with his grandparents at the hospital.
“I am creating this fundraiser to support him and the caregivers who will be tasked with collecting, nurturing and supporting Aiden as he and his support system embark on this unexpected journey,” Colon wrote at GoFundMe, which has attracted nearly 36,000 donations. .
She added, “Aiden will be cared for by his loving family and will have a long road to recovery, finding stability, and eventually navigating his life as an orphan.”
