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General Category => Sports/Entertainment/MSM/Social Media => Topic started by: TomSea on July 13, 2018, 02:46:43 am
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Wisconsin native J.J. Watt donates $10,000 to fallen firefighter's family
MADISON, Wis. — Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt has donated $10,000 to help the family of a Wisconsin firefighter killed in an explosion.
A natural gas leak in downtown Sun Prairie led to an explosion Tuesday evening that claimed the life of Sun Prairie Fire Department Capt. Cory Barr. He leaves behind a wife and 3-year-old twin daughters.
Kate Cichy, a spokeswoman for GoFundMe, said in a news release Wednesday evening that Watt has donated $10,000 to the GoFundMe for Barr’s family. She added that the Sun Prairie community has already raised nearly $70,000 for the family.
Read more at: https://www.foxsports.com/wisconsin/story/wisconsin-native-j-j-watt-donates-10000-to-fallen-firefighters-family-071218 (https://www.foxsports.com/wisconsin/story/wisconsin-native-j-j-watt-donates-10000-to-fallen-firefighters-family-071218)
He's been generous with hurricane victims and I believe with the victims at Santa Fe High, now he turns his attention to his home state. There are likely, a number of other things he has done of which we do not know.
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He has a real soft spot for firefighters since his father is one. He spent a lot of time with "iron Bill" Dowling after he was injured in a fire in Houston (Dowling pass away last year). https://twitter.com/jjwatt/status/839310652799922176 (https://twitter.com/jjwatt/status/839310652799922176)url
I have a few otherstories but typing with thumbs takes too long. Let's just say that the Watts did a great job raising three fine men.