One of the victims of an arson earlier in the month has raised over $28,000 in four days through a GoFundMe campaign. After returning home after his first day at work in Ottawa, Shintaro Tsukamoto, a 20-year-old human rights student at Carleton University, sustained serious second-degree burns, as well as damage to his respiratory system, when two houses were set ablaze in an apparent arson on July 17. As a result of his injuries, Tsukamoto needed to be airlifted to Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto, where he received skin grafts to nearly 15 per cent of his body. Tsukamoto underwent a second surgery over the weekend, which Connie Shepherd (the organizer of the GoFundMe campaign) says was a success. While he survived the arson, he still faces a long and arduous challenge. Tsukamoto is a passionate athlete, say those close to him. He was a two-time National Ultimate Frisbee Championship winner, and was actively involved with a number of basketball teams in Toronto. But since the burns that Tsukamoto sustained were, according to paramedics, concentrated on his upper body, he will have to re-learn how to use his hands. ?We k**w he will want to return to sports when he has healed,? wrote Shepherd. ?This will be a long journey.? Tsukamoto is in stable condition, but remains intubated in a Toronto hospital. The response to the GoFundMe campaign has been swift: the family was able to raise over $17,000 in the first day, and after four days the number was approaching $30,000. The money will allow them to take time off while Tsukamoto is in hospital, and will help support his rehabilitation once he is out of hospital. ** arrests have yet been made in connection with the arsons.
07-31-2017, 06:21 PM
GoFundMe for athlete injured in arson raises over $28K in a weekend
One of the victims of an arson earlier in the month has raised over $28,000 in four days through a GoFundMe campaign. After returning home after his first day at work in Ottawa, Shintaro Tsukamoto, a 20-year-old human rights student at Carleton University, sustained serious second-degree burns, as well as damage to his respiratory system, when two houses were set ablaze in an apparent arson on July 17. As a result of his injuries, Tsukamoto needed to be airlifted to Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto, where he received skin grafts to nearly 15 per cent of his body. Tsukamoto underwent a second surgery over the weekend, which Connie Shepherd (the organizer of the GoFundMe campaign) says was a success. While he survived the arson, he still faces a long and arduous challenge. Tsukamoto is a passionate athlete, say those close to him. He was a two-time National Ultimate Frisbee Championship winner, and was actively involved with a number of basketball teams in Toronto. But since the burns that Tsukamoto sustained were, according to paramedics, concentrated on his upper body, he will have to re-learn how to use his hands. ?We k**w he will want to return to sports when he has healed,? wrote Shepherd. ?This will be a long journey.? Tsukamoto is in stable condition, but remains intubated in a Toronto hospital. The response to the GoFundMe campaign has been swift: the family was able to raise over $17,000 in the first day, and after four days the number was approaching $30,000. The money will allow them to take time off while Tsukamoto is in hospital, and will help support his rehabilitation once he is out of hospital. ** arrests have yet been made in connection with the arsons.
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