Disgusting Aussies troll woman after her dad died celebrating his 40th wedding anniversary
A daughter who launched a fundraiser to try and save her father was ruthlessly mocked by trolls online.
Chloe Moloney was trying to get her sick father Peter Jackson home after health complications on a cruise paused his 40th anniversary celebrations in April.
He had fallen backwards and hit his head while re-embarking the ship in Darwin and suffered a bleed on the brain.
The 63-year-old was rushed to the ship hospital before being transported to Royal Darwin Hospital where he underwent two emergency surgeries.
Mr Jackson's family was told his only way of returning to Sydney, where he departed, was to fly there with a dedicated nurse which they could not afford.
Ms Moloney appealed for help from strangers online to save up the $15,000 it would have cost to get her father home but instead she faced ridicule.
Trolls grilled her parents for not purchasing travel insurance and said the fault for what had happened laid squarely in their hands.
After clinging on for more than a month in Darwin Mr Jackson suffered another bleed which caused a cardiac arrest and he died on Friday.
Ms Moloney said she was shocked by how inhumane people could be.
'Why are people so horrible? I've lost faith in all of humanity,' she said.
'I'll fight tooth and nail to get his story out there and how the system failed him.'
Ms Moloney and her mother flew to Darwin to turn off Mr Jackson's life support after his latest episode.
Now all that remains are the nasty comments on her fundraiser left by those who told her the situation could have been avoided.
'Stop your whining, it's their own fault for travelling without travel insurance' one person wrote.
'People with cancer have to pay for transfers so why wouldn't you,' a second said.
'Why should taxpayers have to pay to get your dad home,' a third added.
Before his passing Mr Jackson spent two days unconscious following his initial accident before he woke up and was moved to a ward.
During that time he was unable to be airlifted due to his delicate state but after he showed signs of improvement there was a window where he could have gone home.
Ms Moloney said her father's speech had been impacted due to his injury and he needed to be transferred to a neuro rehab facility if he was released.
The Royal Flying Doctor Service quoted $80,000 to fly him home and although Ms Moloney's parents had premium Ambulance cover, which included Air Ambulance, it did not extended to the type of transport her father needed.
Additionally, the price to have a nurse accompany him on a commercial flight in a business class seat would have costed $15,000.
'Where is [my mother] supposed to get all this money from when she has already spent thousands on accommodation so far to stay with dad,' Ms Moloney told news.com.au.
Ms Moloney said the whole experience had been a 'nightmare' and that her father was the 'most beautiful man'.
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