Once word got out that Chilliwack train hero Julie Callaghan was about to lose her home to foreclosure, requests for a fundraiser to help her started pouring in.
A GoFundMe account for Callaghan was set up the day the Chilliwack Progress story went online recounting her decision to launch a civil lawsuit against CN Railway.
Callaghan, and another woman, tried valiantly to save Jarvis as a CN train approached the Broadway Street crossing on that fateful day May 26, 2018.
Despite their frenzied efforts to dislodge the trapped wheelchair in time, the train struck Jarvis, and clipped Callaghan’s right hand, shattering bones.
Jarvis, 40, was killed, while Callaghan, 46, and the other witness jumped back.
Things did not go well for Callaghan in the wake of the life-changing, traumatic incident that killed Jarvis.
Callaghan underwent the partial amputation of her hand, and her life has never been the same. She suffers physical and psychological effects, including chronic pain, is unable to work, and has sleepless nights, and nightmares.
She was recognized in 2019 for her heroic action with a medal from the Carnegie Hero Fund.
The GoFundMe is titled, ‘Carnegie Hero About to Lose Her Home’
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