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SHARK ATTACK!! Please help!!

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My grandson has been a full time dive instructor in the Florida Keys for over 5 yrs. Sharing his passion for the ocean with others never ends. Even on his days off he enjoys diving for dinner and helping eradicate our invasive lionfish. Unfortunately on Tuesday he and 2 of his other co-workers went spearfishing on their day off when he was mistaken by a shark for food. Luckily he was close to his buddies and was rushed to the dock where he was transported by Trauma Star to Miami for life saving trauma care. Worse… his health insurance lapsed and he is now faced with an extensive hospital stay, multiple surgeries, months of post operative care and he won’t be able to work, which means the debt just keeps climbing. He needs to focus on his recovery and be less concerned with the mounting debt. Our hope is that this fund will help him with this process. Please share this with as many people as you can and ask them to do the same. We are also asking that Shark feedings for entertainment be stopped immediately. The ocean does not have fences and the sharks travel throughout the waters. Sharks do not need humans to feed them and certainly should not identify our family members as food sources. I almost lost my grandson. Please help him to recover and help prevent this from happening to anyone elses loved ones.
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Donations 

  • Anonymous
    • $1,000 
    • 1 yr
  • Anonymous
    • $10 
    • 1 yr
  • Jane Naylor
    • $5 
    • 1 yr
  • Janell Lawrence
    • $50 
    • 1 yr
  • James Knutson
    • $20 
    • 1 yr
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Organizer and beneficiary

Smith Lynette
Organizer
Marathon, FL
Zachary Winegardner
Beneficiary

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