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Palestinian students shot in Vermont last week [1]
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Date: 2023-12-04
Three Palestinian college students walking last week in Burlington, Vermont were shot at close range by a man who had been sitting on his front porch and walked off to shoot them. The New York Times, which has the story in detail, says that while two of the students are expected to recover completely, Hisham Awartani may never walk again because a bullet has lodged in his spine.
The NYT story was published on Nov. 29, so it doesn’t explain one very interesting detail. The family of Hisham Awartani wrote a gofundme page which, with 13,000 donations, quickly reached its goal of $900,000. They have now raised the goal to $1,100,000 since that is the estimated first year cost of helping Hisham recover.
Here is what the gofundme page says about Hisham and his injury:
On Saturday, Nov 25th, 2023, Hisham — a 20 yr old junior at Brown University — and his childhood friends Kinnan and Tahseen were walking to Hisham's grandmother's house for dinner in Burlington, Vermont, when all three were shot in an unprovoked attack. We are thankful that all three will survive this attack, and Hisham's friends are expected to make a full recovery. For Hisham, however, one of the bullets that struck him is lodged in his spine and has left him paralyzed from the chest down. Hisham's first thoughts were for his friends, then for his parents who were thousands of miles away. He has demonstrated remarkable courage, resilience and fortitude - even a sense of humor - even as the reality of his paralysis sets in.
They continue with the needs the fund will meet:
This fund is intended to help cover the costs associated with his recovery - the long and uncertain rehabilitation needs, as well as providing Hisham what he needs to enable him to change the world for the good, as we know he will. These expenses include rehabilitation, but also on-going costs of his care and adaptive living needs. Though we anticipate some expenses being covered by insurance, there are vast financial needs that will not be. This fund is intended to address those needs. The family has received estimates of more than $1 million in the first year alone to cover anticipated costs associated with rehab, adaptive considerations, travel and more.
In conclusion, they say a gift large or small will be “a deeply meaningful act of solidarity with Hisham and echoes our belief that he WILL change the world for good.”
More details are also available from an excellent article in NBC News.
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