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Slain NYPD officer Wenjian Liu's wake ceremony is held at Aievoli Funeral Home in Brooklyn on Jan 3. Lu Huiquan / For China Daily. |
"It's so unfortunate that the family had to suffer through this. They only had one son. We can't even express how terrible this was, and we know that only time can heal something like this," Zhao said. "The Chinese community has to show unity during these difficult times, and we have to express care through our options, and to show that the family is not alone in this city."
The Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA), the oldest non-profit service organization of Chinatown, is also helming donations to the Liu family. So far, it has given $1,300 to the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation.
"It's an honor to be able to help out. We're doing what we can and we don't advertise, so anybody who wants to do something can come to us and drop off a donation," said Wan Yu Tam, secretary of the association. The $1,300 has come from local businesses and community members, Tam said.
The charity the CCBA gave the donations to is a 9/11 charity that is helping out the Liu family and Rafael Ramose' family with their mortgages. A representative for the Tunnel to Towers Foundation declined to speak on the record about how much the foundation has been able to fundraise, saying that the information will be made public this Wednesday.
The foundation set a fundraising goal of $800,000 to pay for the mortgages of the Liu and Ramos families, and according to CBS News, as of Jan 4, was $50,000 shy of the target.
The New York Daily News, the fourth most circulated newspaper in the US, has also launched a fund to raise money for the two families. People can donate electronically or directly to the Daily News Charities.
amyhe@chinadailyusa.com