Boca Raton Man Wants To Donate Money To Iraqi Hero

dahunan

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Boca Raton Man Wants To Donate Money To Iraqi Hero
Business Owner Plans To Start Trust Fund


BOCA RATON, Fla. -- The heroics of an Iraqi man who braved a war-torn trek to help U.S. troops rescue POW Jessica Lynch so impressed one Boca Raton businessman that he wants to reward the man.

The hero, known to the world only as Mohammed, is under the protection of U.S. troops in Iraq, along with his wife and 6-year-old daughter.

The Iraqi hero who spotted Lynch in an Iraqi hospital and walked 6 miles to alert American troops, taking him through dangerous territory, moved Jon Larkin (pictured, left), the owner of Busy Body Fitness Warehouse in Boca Raton.


Larkin wants to reward Mohammed for his bravery and humanity with a $10,000 trust fund in his name. Larkin says he's not the only one reaching out to Mohammed.

"I've gotten calls from people who want to give $100,000 to Mohammed," Larkin said.

Larkin said Mohammed and his family face threats if they return home.

Larkin is working on starting the trust fund sometime this week and will pass on information on how to donate when the details are ironed out. http://www.thewpbfchannel.com/news/2094782/detail.html
 

RyanM

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If he sets this up, he's got 5 bucks coming from me. Not much, but Micropayments are about quantity over...quantity. If another 10K USA'ers do the same thing, that's a hefty sum.
 

Alistar7

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Originally posted by: MachFive
If he sets this up, he's got 5 bucks coming from me. Not much, but Micropayments are about quantity over...quantity. If another 10K USA'ers do the same thing, that's a hefty sum.

hopefully they will take paypal...

Micro loans in 3rd world countires have astonishing results and high levels of success, were talking less than $5 most times, out of this real businesses are created by entrepreneurs, interestingly enough, woman generally are more successfull.
 

steell

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Originally posted by: Alistar7
Originally posted by: MachFive
If he sets this up, he's got 5 bucks coming from me. Not much, but Micropayments are about quantity over...quantity. If another 10K USA'ers do the same thing, that's a hefty sum.

hopefully they will take paypal...

Micro loans in 3rd world countires have astonishing results and high levels of success, were talking less than $5 most times, out of this real businesses are created by entrepreneurs, interestingly enough, woman generally are more successfull.
I didn't know that! I think that should be more widely published!

Thanks for the info :D

And it occurs to me that we, as individuals, should help out the Iraqi people in the same manner, once this thing is over. Sorta personal geopolitics :D

 

Judgement

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Originally posted by: dahunan
Boca Raton Man Wants To Donate Money To Iraqi Hero
Business Owner Plans To Start Trust Fund


BOCA RATON, Fla. -- The heroics of an Iraqi man who braved a war-torn trek to help U.S. troops rescue POW Jessica Lynch so impressed one Boca Raton businessman that he wants to reward the man.

The hero, known to the world only as Mohammed, is under the protection of U.S. troops in Iraq, along with his wife and 6-year-old daughter.

The Iraqi hero who spotted Lynch in an Iraqi hospital and walked 6 miles to alert American troops, taking him through dangerous territory, moved Jon Larkin (pictured, left), the owner of Busy Body Fitness Warehouse in Boca Raton.


Larkin wants to reward Mohammed for his bravery and humanity with a $10,000 trust fund in his name. Larkin says he's not the only one reaching out to Mohammed.

"I've gotten calls from people who want to give $100,000 to Mohammed," Larkin said.

Larkin said Mohammed and his family face threats if they return home.

Larkin is working on starting the trust fund sometime this week and will pass on information on how to donate when the details are ironed out. http://www.thewpbfchannel.com/news/2094782/detail.html


He deserves it, and the Iraqi people should be told how greatly he is rewarded to try and convince others to take similar actions in the future.
 

exp

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Sounds great. I will definitely give to this fund if and when it is set up.