Atlanta shooting: US$3.5 million in donations raised for victims’ families
- ‘I have no time to grieve for long,’ says Randy Park on a GoFundMe page in memory of his mother, Hyun Jung Grant
- Park expressed gratitude to the more than 60,000 people who contributed donations
A GoFundMe page in memory of Hyun Jung Grant, one of eight people killed in the Georgia spa shootings last week, raised more than US$2.7 million for her two sons.
The effort is one of several GoFundMe pages for families of the victims of the March 16 rampage that in total have raised about US$3.5 million.
Hyun Jung Grant, 51, was a single mother to Randy Park, 22, and his brother Eric, 21. On the GoFundMe page, Randy Park explained how his mother worked long hours at Gold Spa and was often away from home for days or weeks at a time. The brothers have no other family in the US; the rest are living in South Korea and unable to come here, he said.
“I have no time to grieve for long,” Randy Park said on the page. “I will need to figure out the living situation for my brother and I for the next few months, possibly year.”
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He described his mother as one of his best friends and a strong influence on his brother and himself. Park expressed gratitude to the more than 60,000 people who posted donations on the page.