GoFundMe verifies these fundraisers for victims of Rigby Middle School shooting
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Eric Grossarth, EastIdahoNews.com
RIGBY With thousands of people wanting to donate to the victims of the Rigby Middle School shootings, more than a few online fundraisers have been started to help them.
Since there are so many out there, it can be difficult to know if all of the fundraisers are legitimate. EastIdahoNews.com asked GoFundMe to confirm which ones are for real, and the company responded with a list of verified pages, which it has confirmed will go to the stated victim.
“These fundraisers have been vetted and verified by our Trust and Safety Team, which will work with the campaign organizer to ensure the funds are transferred directly to those involved in this incident,” regional GoFundMe spokesman Jeff Platt said in an email. “It’s also important to know that the platform is backed by the GoFundMe Guarantee, which means funds are guaranteed to go to th
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A train crashed into a semi-truck Thursday evening on East 400 North near North 2300 East in St. Anthony. Inset: Brandon Bair | Main photo courtesy Brandon Bair/Inset courtesy Philadelphia Eagles
ST. ANTHONY It happened so fast.
The train. The semi-truck. The crash. The fire. The man trapped and unable to move.
Brandon Bair recalls every detail of a routine Thursday night that led to him saving the life of 25-year-old Steven Jenson seconds before Jenson could have burned to death.
Bair’s name may sound familiar. The 36-year-old South Fremont High School graduate played in the NFL for the Oakland Raiders, Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles before retiring in 2016. He now lives in St. Anthony with his wife and four daughters and is the general manager of Henry’s Fork Homes.
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Alberto LuperonMay 7th, 2021, 11:49 am
A sixth-grade girl pulled out a handgun from her backpack and shot three people in Idaho, injuring but not killing them, officials said during a press conference about the latest of several school shootings this year.
A teacher at Rigby Middle School, in a small town less than 100 miles southwest of Yellowstone National Park, disarmed the girl, authorities say. The incident remains under investigation, with the alleged motivation unclear.
In a press conference on Thursday, Jefferson County Sheriff
Steven Anderson told reporters that at about 8:09 a.m. that morning, the student grabbed a handgun from a backpack and fired multiple rounds inside and outside, beginning in the hallway. She shot two students and a school employee, who sustained non-life threatening injuries, the sheriff said. Two victims were inside the school, and one was outside. Authorities did not release the name of the girl, who was detained by the female teacher who disar
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RIGBY, Idaho A sixth-grade girl was identified as the person who opened fire at an Idaho middle school Thursday, wounding two students and a custodian before she was disarmed by a teacher.
The victims all suffered bullet wounds to their arms and legs, and are expected to survive, officials said at an afternoon press conference.
The student pulled a handgun from her bookbag and fired multiple rounds both inside and outside Rigby Middle School around 9:15 a.m., according to Jefferson County Sheriff Steve Anderson.
The girl was disarmed by teacher Krista Gneiting, according to EastIdahoNews.com.