Online Fundraiser for Uvalde Teacher’s Orphaned Family Reaches $2.5 Million

Online Fundraiser for Uvalde Teacher’s Orphaned Family Reaches $2.5 Million
Irma Garcia and Joe Garcia. Joe & Irma Garcia/GoFundMe
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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A GoFundMe campaign has raised more than $2.5 million in support for the children left behind by the slain Uvalde elementary school teacher and her husband who died shortly after her killing.

The fundraiser was launched after the death of Irma Garcia, one of the two teachers killed in the May 24 attack at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Irma’s husband, Joe, died from what appeared to be a heart attack two days following the tragedy.