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Yahoo
12 hours ago
- Health
- Yahoo
‘A nightmare': Teen paralyzed after dirt bike crash keeping the faith during recovery
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Therese Testorf said her son, Christian, and his friend were riding dirt bikes on Memorial Day in Clyde. 'They were just riding around, and he, at one point, took the lead, and it was kind of close to where this ditch was,' Therese said. 'And the second boy, seeing that he was headed for the ditch did try to let him know that it was there was obscured by the grass, but he couldn't hear because of the dirt bike, and he had his helmet on and all of his gear on.' Christian went into the ditch. 'It was about a maybe eight to 10 foot drainage ditch,' Therese said. 'And [my son's friend] went down and helped him and got his phone, and Christian was able to give him his password to get into his phone, and he called me and my husband, but we didn't answer the phone. So then he called 911, and he gave them like excellent directions. So they were able to get to Christian very quickly with in just a couple minutes.' Christian was airlifted by first responders to SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse. There, he underwent emergency surgery. 'He had broken his spine in the T7 and T8 area, and with a complete transection of his spinal cord,' Therese said. 'So, they did emergency surgery and stabilized him there, and he's just been like recuperating here.' Therese told News 8 Wednesday when she was able to get ahold of her daughter and first responders, it was terrifying. 'It's just like your life is like panic, and you just fall apart in that moment, trying not to, trying to be strong,' she said. 'The only thing I could think of is I've got to get to my child as soon as possible, you know, because he needs me.' The unimaginable challenges brought on to the Testorf family, all being received with hope — especially from Chrisitan. 'My son's attitude […] somebody asked him, 'How do you feel?' This is going to change your life.' And he said, 'I'm okay with it. I've accepted it. I know God's with me, so that's what gives me strength,' Therese said. 'And I think that's what could give other people strength in this situation, is knowing that people love you and support you, and most of all, that God is always with you, and He will never leave you or forsake you.' The family has also received the community's support, after setting up a GiveSendGo, to help with medical expenses for the necessary steps to get Christian into rehabilitation. 'Having people around that are positive and that are helping is amazing,' Therese said. 'It just helps your your mental state, and helps you to be able to continue in this… it's like, basically a nightmare. I've thought about this stuff before this happened, and I was like, 'I don't even know how people do it.' And now that I'm in it, they do it with the help of God and with people surrounding them and supporting them.' Christian was just weeks away from graduation from Finger Lakes Christian School. With the help of the staff, he will still be able to celebrate that achievement. 'The very first day that after his surgery, his principal came in and he said, 'We want to do a ceremony for him for his graduation. He's got everything he needs. All the ducks are in the row. The district's already approved our plan. […] That's going to be Friday.' After that, Christian will be headed to Spaulding Rehabilitation in Boston. Therese said everything is moving quickly, but wanted to make sure her son received the best care possible. 'He's young and a strong person,' Therese said. 'They do believe that he's going to be able to live independently, and that it's going to be a good outcome for him. So that's what we're all praying for.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Daily Mail
27-05-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
Staggering sum family of teen 'killer' Karmelo Anthony has received from strangers...and they still want more
More than half a million dollars have been donated online to help confessed teen killer Karmelo Anthony, who is charged with stabbing and killing Austin Metcalf at a track meet in Texas. Through an online platform called GiveSendGo, supporters of the murder suspect have raised $533,452 as of Tuesday. However, Anthony's embattled family is still hoping to get even more money, raising the goal threshold several times to its current amount of $600,000. Donations- most ranging from $20 to $100- have poured in from come across the country as the case has garnered national attention, becoming a flashpoint about race and privilege. At an April 2 high school track meet in Frisco, a wealthy Dallas suburb, Anthony and Metcalf argued because Anthony was sitting under the team tent of a school he didn't attend. Then a student at Centennial High School, Anthony seated himself under the tent for Memorial High School athletes who left their personal belongings, like money and phones, under the tent for security while the students participated in events. Metcalf, 17, a Memorial High junior, asked Anthony to leave. The confrontation escalated until Anthony pulled out a knife and drove it through Metcalf's chest, leaving the teen to bleed out in his twin brother's arms. The 18-year-old confessed to killing Metcalf, telling arresting officers 'I'm not alleged. I did it,' although now he is claiming self defense. The finances of the Anthony family have been under public scrutiny since the teen's dad claimed to be struggling financially at an April 15 bond hearing, where they asked a judge to reduce the $1 million bail to $250,000 so they could get the then 17-year-old out of jail. At the time, Anthony's parents claimed they have not received any of the money that had been raised for them online, and that the funds had been earmarked for their son's legal defense, not to pay the bond. However, as exclusively reported, the mom, dad mom, Anthony and several younger siblings were living behind the luxury of a gated community in a $900,000 home in Frisco while crying poor to the court. The online fundraiser now says, the money will be used for several purposes. 'While legal defense is a critical part of this journey, we want to make it clear that this fund is not solely dedicated to legal expenses,' Anthony's mom, Kala Hayes, who administers the account posted. 'The funds raised will also support a range of urgent and necessary needs that have emerged as a result of this situation, including — but not limited to — the safe relocation of the Anthony family due to escalating threats to their safety and well-being, as well as basic living costs, transportation, counseling, and other security measures.' After being freed from jail. Anthony returned to his gated community, but his spokesman later claimed he had to be relocated due to racist threats on his life. Anthony's family (pictured) said they were forced to move to a new home in an 'undisclosed location' due to threats they have received In a controversial decision, the school district allowed the first-degree murder suspect to get his high school diploma, but not to take part in the Centennial High graduation ceremony last week, DailyMail broke the news. The teen has been checking in with court officials via telephone, as part of his house arrest conditions, public records show. He has left the gated community is now staying at an undisclosed location. Meanwhile, a GoFundMe account for Metcalf has raised even more money than Anthony's. $558,789 has been donated by over 12,000 people for the slain boy's family.
Int'l Business Times
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Int'l Business Times
Man Fired for Singing a Cover of Kanye's 'Heil Hitler' Song Appeals to Elon Musk: 'From a Fellow Roman Saluter'
A man who got fired for singing Ye's offensive song "Heil Hitler," reached out to Elon Musk for help with legal fees. A man who lost his job after going viral for performing a ukulele cover of Kanye West's inflammatory song, "Heil Hitler," reached out to Elon Musk asking for support, "from a fellow Roman saluter to another." @TowerGangToad, who goes by Toad online, posted a video in an appeal to Musk last week, quoting a 2023 post from the billionaire promising to fund the legal bill of anyone "unfairly treated" by an employer due to an X post. — Toad (@TowerGangToad) May 19, 2025 "From a fellow Roman saluter to another I hope you're serious bro," Toad wrote. "I have been canceled for singing a song on your platform!" On May 10, Toad — a computer programmer and aspiring comedian — posted a video of himself singing every line of "Heil Hitler" while strumming on a ukulele. The cover, which has racked up more than 8.8 million views, ends with Toad performing a Nazi salute. "The woke mob got their eyes on it and started coming out of the woodwork," Toad said in his video message to Musk. "They have doxed me and gone to my employer," he continued. "My employer, being a bunch of p**** woke progressive leftists, immediately caved and fired me." "So I am losing my being canceled over singing a song," Toad wrote, proceeding to announce his crowd-funding campaign. He said he needs the money for legal expenses, to relocate, and "to send a message to the f***** woke progressive leftists." The chorus in the song consists of the phrase "N**** heil Hitler," repeated dozens of times. The song also features the line, "All my n****s Nazis," and plays an excerpt of Adolf Hitler delivering a speech in 1935. It's been banned from streaming platforms. Musk, who has been an outspoken advocate for free speech, especially on the social media platform he purchased in 2022, has been widely criticized after being accused of aligning with elements of Nazi ideology. The billionaire vocally supported Germany's far-right AfD party, propagated "white replacement" conspiracy theory and was accused of performing a Nazi salute twice at Trump's inauguration earlier this year, which has has denied. His supporters argued the gesture was a "Roman salute," while Musk insisted the gesture meant, "my heart goes out to you." Musk has publicly not responded to Toad's plea for legal assistance. A screenshot of the ukulele player's crowdfund shows the most recent donation as of May 22 — $20 from "White Power." Toad's GiveSendGo fund, "Canceled Over Chords," seeks to raise $25,000, claiming his only crime was "being unapologetically himself." So far, the fundraiser has collected over $10,000. Originally published on Latin Times © Latin Times. All rights reserved. Do not reproduce without permission.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Yahoo
Ohio AG Dave Yost denounces Hinton crowd fund, but it's not the first of its kind
Rodney Hinton Jr. is accused of killing a sheriff's deputy a day after a Cincinnati police officer shot and killed his son while investigating a vehicle theft. An online crowdsourced fundraiser for Hinton Jr. that has raised nearly $50,000. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is expected to denounce the fundraiser at a May 20 press conference. The press conference is scheduled for 1 p.m. at the Hamilton County Coroner's Office building in Blue Ash, during which officials will "denounce online fundraising for the man charged in Henderson's murder," a news release states. Since his May 2 arrest, Hinton Jr. has gained an online following, according to Cincinnati Enquirer reporting. That included a GoFundMe crowdsourced fundraisers, which law enforcement successfully petitioned the service to remove, the Enquirer reports. However, GiveSendGo is still hosting a fundraiser for Hinton Jr., and it has raised nearly $50,000, GiveSendGo spokesperson Alex Shipley said the campaigns supporting Hinton do not violate the platform's terms of service, the Enquirer reports. "At GiveSendGo, we believe in the fundamental freedom for individuals to seek help and for others to choose whether they wish to support them," Shipley said in a statement. "Our platform exists to allow people to turn to their communities for assistance, even in difficult or controversial situations." Similarly, a GiveSendGo supporting Luigi Mangione, the man accused of shooting United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024, received $31,000 to help pay for Mangione's legal costs, according to USA TODAY. Multiple GoFundMe fundraisers supporting Karmelo Anthony, the Texas teen to have allegedly stabbed another teenager at a track meet, were removed while a GiveSendGo remained active, according to USA TODAY. A fund supporting a Minnesota woman who apparently admitted to using a racial slur against a 5-year-old Black child had raised $670,000 through GiveSendGo, MSNBC reports. The fundraising goal was set at $1 million. This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Hinton crowd fund not an outlier but Ohio AG Dave Yost denounces it
Kiwiblog
17-05-2025
- Kiwiblog
Don't reward appalling behaviour
The Free Press reports: Last Wednesday, a video went viral of a white woman defending her actions after calling a 5-year-old black boy the N-word because, allegedly, the kid had tried to steal from her son's diaper bag. There are no circumstances in which it is okay for an adult to call a five year old black kid a ni**er. The video spread lightning-fast from TikTok to Instagram to X. Almost immediately, the woman in question was identified by online sleuths as Shiloh Hendrix of Rochester, Minnesota. Commenters disgusted by her racism called on the internet to 'make her famous.' Now you can't call a five year old the n word and expect no consequences. However you can also agree that some people on the Internet went too far by publishing her home address and social security number etc. Hendrix, surely sensing an opportunity, started a fundraising campaign on GiveSendGo, a GoFundMe-like platform that self-identifies as the '#1 Free Christian Crowdfunding Site.' … Meanwhile, Shiloh raised her fundraising goal to $100,000. Then to $150,000. Then to $250,000. Then she surpassed that goal. Now, Hendrix is seeking $1 million—you know, for moving expenses. Currently, she's raised over $670,000. She's now at $760,000. You shouldn't get almost a million dollars for calling a 5 year old black kid a ni**er and being called out on it. Yes you can agree her doxxing shouldn't have happened, but two wrongs don't make a right.
