Rp. 8.6 billion donations for the grandmother whose attacker was raised

WASHINGTON DC, KOMPAS.com – Donation worth more than 600,000 dollars AS (IDR 8.6 billion) was collected for an elderly woman (elderly people) Chinese one against a Men who attacked him.

The woman named Xie Xiaozhen (76) was originally waiting to cross the street in downtown San Francisco, USA, on Wednesday (17/3/2021).

Suddenly, a man hit him. Instinctively, Xie, who was from Guangdong, immediately hit back at the man with a wooden stick and the two fought each other.

The incident followed the shooting of massage parlors in Atlanta, Georgia, which killed eight people.

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Of the eight victims who died, six of them were women Asia.

As a result of the fight, Xie was injured and had to receive treatment. Xie’s grandson, John Chen, then raised funds through the GoFundMe website to help pay for his grandmother’s medical expenses.

He said his grandmother had serious eye injuries and a swollen wrist.

Chen added, Xie’s mental health was unstable because every time this matter was raised, her grandmother became very emotional and started crying.

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Xie believes that the attacks on him were racially motivated and totally unwarranted.

Launch Indy100, Friday (19/3/2021), donation collected for Xie collected more than US $ 600,000 (Rp. 8.6 billion) from the target of US $ 50,000 (Rp. 718 million).

Chen said she was amazed by the courage of her grandmother who fought her assailant. Xie himself has cancer and has had diabetes for more than a decade.

“Her wrists are also swollen. “He was mentally, physically and emotionally affected by the incident,” Chen wrote on GoFundMe.

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Chen added that now her grandmother was afraid to leave the house because she was very traumatized by the incident.

Chen claims that her grandmother also suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of the incident she experienced.

Most recently, Chen revealed that Mr. Xie’s condition had started to improve after being fully rested for a day. However, Xie’s mental health was still unstable.

“We always have to calm him down and comfort him from PTSD. He was still very dizzy and could only eat porridge, ”said Chen.

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On the one hand, Xie was flooded with support from netizen, not only from the US, but also from Asia in particular China.

“We are very touched by the community’s support for our family. There are no words to describe how grateful we are to society. Once again, thank you everyone! ” said Chen.

Talk to CBS San FranciscoXie’s daughter Dong-Mei Lei explained that her mother took a nearby stick to fight back her attacker.

Both parties were hospitalized after the incident. The attacker himself had to be stretched after Xie fought him.

A suspect is being investigated into the incident and police said they were trying to determine if the attack was racially motivated.

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