FoxNews put it on its Breaking News page on Good Friday or Holy Thursday. That helped the numbers alot.
There is a thread on Freerepublic about the FoxNews story:
Afghanistan: Friend raises $181,000 for family of Green Beret killed
Link to Go-Fund-Me page:
https://www.gofundme.com/ssg-mark-de-alencar Staff Sargant Mark de Alencar page
Funding is now at $306,000+ at 10:00 AM Central Daylight.
Original goal was only $15,000. So it is currently just over 20 times the original goal (20 x $15,000 = $300,000)
I am continually amazed by the generosity of Americans to people in real need.
I live in an area of NH where there are people in need, there is not a lot of money around here. I have, along with others, helped women, non EBT types, make up small shortages in the checkout line at the local food store.
This is something I never saw in 40 years in exile in Mass, there are a lot of good people out there.