A GoFundMe campaign has raised more than $ 2.4 million for four children orphaned after the shooting that killed 19 primary school children and two teachers this week.
Irma Garcia, 46, who taught at Robb Elementary School for 23 years, died in the shooting Tuesday while protecting children in her classroom from shooter Salvador Ramos.
Two days later, her husband Joe Garcia died of a heart attack. Their children are between 12 and 23 years old.
Irma Garcia died in the shooting while protecting her students and Joe Garcia died of a heart attack two days later.
The online campaign, which was started by a cousin, Debra Austin to raise $ 10,000 for children, has now reached nearly $ 2.5 million.
“Please keep our family in your thoughts and prayers. I really think Joe died with a broken heart and losing the love of his life for over 25 years was too much to bear,” Austin wrote. on the family’s GoFundMe page.