Danny and Laura Lynn Need Our Help

Danny Lynn is a United Airlines lead ramp service employee currently working in the training department at Chicago O’Hare International Airport. Danny is a valued employee, co-worker, and friend as well as a loving husband and father. Danny has worked for United Airlines for 36 years. Laura, Danny's wife, is also a United Airlines employee who has worked in customer service for the last 42 years.

On October 13, 2020, what started out an ordinary day suddenly turned tragic when Danny was involved in a serious automobile accident while traveling to spend time with his daughter Amy and his son-in-law Austin as well as the family dog at a local forest preserve. Danny sustained life threatening injuries as a result of this horrible accident. The most serious of which is a traumatic brain injury. After spending the first several weeks at Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Danny was transferred to Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in Chicago Illinois. Unfortunately, Danny has not regained consciousness since the accident.


While at Shirley Ryan, Danny began a comprehensive TBI rehabilitation program to promote healing and to help accelerate recovery. Danny, at the time of this writing, has shown signs of progress. As long as progress is made, Danny will be allowed to stay and continue to recover. Eventually, Danny will be going home. This could happen quickly and is dependent on how he is responding to rehabilitation and the insurance companies willingness to pay for treatment. Due to the fact that Danny will be returning home, Laura has to make modifications to the house in order to be able to manage the current situation. There will be a bedroom/bathroom built on the first floor as well as a ramp installed to help get Danny in and out of the house as needed. Obviously, the cost involved in this alone will be large. This is where immediate financial assistance is needed. I, myself have worked at United Airlines for 33 years. United is more than just a company to work for. It is a family built through lifelong friendships and commitment.

2020 has been an extremely challenging year to say the least. There are many family stories of tragedy and sorrow. This is one of many; however, with the love and support of our United family and friends, we can help Danny and his family get through this together.

I also want to be very clear on the facts of how this fundraiser came to be. Since day one of the accident ALL United Airlines employees I have came in contact with have been asking how they could help. This includes ramp service, customer service, and management employees. This speaks volumes not only to who Danny is, but to the identity of all United Airlines employees at ORD.

As I have mentioned, 2020 has been a rough year. Whatever you can do to support this cause will be needed and extremely appreciated. All funds received go directly to Laura Lynn as she is the sole beneficiary of this fundraiser. Also, I ask that you share this GoFundMe link with your social media network (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.) to get this out to as many people as possible. Thank you for your help and support.