A GoFundMe effort has raised more than $1 million for the family of Corey Comperatore, a firefighter who died Saturday while trying to protect his family from bullets aimed at former President Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Jason Babb, owner of 3 Fit Six Gym in Cabot, organized the fundraiser for Comperatore’s daughter, Allison, who frequents the gym.
“She’s a great customer of mine,” Babb said. He told WTAE.
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Former Buffalo Township Fire Chief Corey Comperatore is pictured with his daughters in an undated family photo after he was attacked and killed by Thomas Matthew Crooks, who authorities say was plotting to assassinate former President Trump. (Helen Comperatore/Facebook)
“Saturday night, our friend and family member Allison lost her father in a senseless and tragic act at the Trump rally in Butler,” Babb wrote for the fundraiser. “Allison has been an athlete with us since the beginning and she is a huge part of our community…If you are able to support her and her family during this time, we will have a donation area set up in the gym and please also take a moment to sign the card at the desk.”
The slain firefighter’s sister, Dawn Comperatore Schafer, wrote in a Facebook post that Comperatore “was a hero who protected his daughters.”
Volunteer firefighter Corey Comperatore, center, was among those shot and killed at Saturday’s rally in this undated photo of Buffalo Township Fire Company No. 27. (Buffalo Township Fire Department/Distributed via Reuters)
In a Facebook post, Allison described her father as “the best dad a girl could ask for” and said he “died as a real-life superhero.”
“He threw me and my mother to the ground…” [and] “I shielded myself from the bullets that were flying towards us,” she wrote on Facebook.
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Former Fire Chief Corey Comperatore (Allison Comperatore/Facebook)
Babb initially hoped to raise just $7,000 for the Comperatore family, but as of Tuesday morning, more than $1.114 million had been donated by more than 20,000 supporters.
“And now I’m in the middle of it all. I’m going to do everything I can to help her. And this is all about that family,” Babb told WTAE.
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Corey Comperatore was killed on Saturday in an assassination attempt on former President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Facebook)
Volunteer firefighter Corey Comperatore, third from the left, is seen in this undated Buffalo Township Fire Department 27 handout photo. (Buffalo Township Fire Department/Distributed via Reuters)
Babb met Corey many years ago while training at the same gym and described him as a great guy.
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“I want him to be remembered as a hero, a father and a husband,” Babb said.
