A fundraiser to support the wife and family of a White Rock man who was in Barcelona has raised more than $12,000.

The launched Sunday, three days after a van plowed through a crowd of pedestrians in the city乌鸦传媒檚 popular Las Ramblas thoroughfare, killing 13 and wounding more than 100 others.

Ian Moore Wilson and his wife of 53 years, Valerie, were in the crowd. Ian died in the attack; Valerie was 乌鸦传媒渟everely injured,乌鸦传媒� according to details on the fundraising page.

The couple had visited the country to watch their grandson play soccer, the page notes.

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Funds raised are 乌鸦传媒渢o allow her and her family to recover in peace.乌鸦传媒�

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She said the kindness bestowed on her family immediately following the attack and in the days since 乌鸦传媒渁re the things we will choose to focus on when we endeavour to come to terms with the senseless violence and acts of hatred that have taken loved ones before their time.乌鸦传媒�

One donor to the GoFundMe campaign echoed similar sentiments.

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Facebook commenter Nancy Solomon Garard describes the 乌鸦传媒� a second incident occurred eight hours after the first, killing one person 乌鸦传媒� as 乌鸦传媒渃owardly acts of terrorism.乌鸦传媒�