Devastated Nation Rallies To Fallen Marine’s Family, Handles Unborn Child’s Tuition in Matter of Hours
More than half a million dollars has been pledged to help the family Marine Rylee McCollum left behind when he was killed in Afghanistan last week. McCollum, 20, was among the 13 U.S. service members slain in a suicide…
More than half a million dollars has been pledged to help the Family Marine Rylee McCollum left behind when he was killed in Afghanistan last week.
McCollum, 20, was among the 13 U.S. service members slain in a suicide bombing at the Kabul airport on Thursday.
As news spread that McCollum had been killed, leaving behind a wife and an unborn child, two GoFundMe accounts were created.
Into the Breach Supply Co. of Los Angeles created the “Rylee McCollum’s Child Education Fund,” which had raised more than $425,000 as of early Monday afternoon.
The description reads: “This is a fund specifically dedicated to the education and upbringing of Marine Rylee McCollum’s child who is expected for September. His sacrifice at HKIA to protect the lives of those who cannot themselves will not be forgotten. Anything you can provide to aid them would be appreciated more than we can express. Bless.”
Jill Crayton, McCollum’s mother-in-law, created a second fund called “Love for Gigi” for his widow and child.
“My heart is incredibly heavy today, in the wee hours of the morning my beautiful daughter got that knock on her door that no