A fundraiser to support the wife and family of a White Rock man who was in Barcelona has raised more than $12,000.
The launched Sunday, three days after a van plowed through a crowd of pedestrians in the city91Ƶs popular Las Ramblas thoroughfare, killing 13 and wounding more than 100 others.
Ian Moore Wilson and his wife of 53 years, Valerie, were in the crowd. Ian died in the attack; Valerie was 91Ƶseverely injured,91Ƶ according to details on the fundraising page.
The couple had visited the country to watch their grandson play soccer, the page notes.
91ƵAn act of terror took Ian from his loving family and left Valerie severely injured,91Ƶ writes page organizer Lisa Byrne. 91ƵInstead of focusing on the unspeakable hatred that precipitated this, Valerie91Ƶs family has chosen to focus on the incredible acts of human kindness they experienced in this trying time.91Ƶ
Funds raised are 91Ƶto allow her and her family to recover in peace.91Ƶ
The Wilsons91Ƶ daughter, Fiona Wilson 91Ƶ a staff sergeant with Vancouver Police Department 91Ƶ issued a statement Friday, describing her dad as 91Ƶcompassionate, generous, adventurous.91Ƶ
She said the kindness bestowed on her family immediately following the attack and in the days since 91Ƶare the things we will choose to focus on when we endeavour to come to terms with the senseless violence and acts of hatred that have taken loved ones before their time.91Ƶ
One donor to the GoFundMe campaign echoed similar sentiments.
91ƵMy heart breaks for you and your family,91Ƶ writes Diane Murray. 91ƵWe cannot let these people win! xxx91Ƶ
Facebook commenter Nancy Solomon Garard describes the 91Ƶ a second incident occurred eight hours after the first, killing one person 91Ƶ as 91Ƶcowardly acts of terrorism.91Ƶ