573/30/2018
Fundraisers on GoFundMe and YouCaring have been created to help the families of the victims of the Austin explosions. 39-year-old Anthony Stephan House and 17-year-old Draylen Mason were fatally injured by package bombs placed on the front porches of their homes. Four other victims were also injured in a series of explosions that shook the Austin community. A package bomb exploded at an East Austin home on March 2, killing 39-year-old Anthony Stephan House. Then, on March 5, package bombs at two addresses in other parts of the city exploded, killing 17-year-old Draylen Mason, wounding his mother and injuring a 75 year-old Hispanic woman, identified on GoFundMe as Esperanza Hope Herrera. Mayor Steve Adler tweeted out Herrera suffered from two broken legs, a broken arm and two amputated fingers.