Asian man gets beat up in Chicago after a robbery which triggered the #StopAsianTag hashtag on social media again.
The man who was robbed was a Chef who migrated to the US in the 80s, his children have since posted on GoFundMe to raise funds for his father’s surgery.
Here are what his children wrote:
Our names are Alford Lew and Richard Lew. We are fundraising for our father Jin Yut Lew, who suffered a severe traumatic brain injury from a violent carjacking.
On the morning of April 7th, 2022, our father was carjacked, robbed, brutally beaten and left for dead near Chinatown. He was attacked repeatedly with a blunt object to the head and face and was left lying on the ground. He was found by street cleaners who reported the incident to the police and an ambulance brought him to the hospital. He required immediate brain surgery and was diagnosed with severe brain trauma which led to swelling and internal bleeding. He currently remains in a coma and doctors say the damage he sustained may result in permanent brain damage.
Jin Yut Lew immigrated to the US in the early 80s and has worked tirelessly since to support his family here and in China. As a father, he provided all he could to ensure my brother and I got a good education. In the Chinese restaurant community, he was a well respected head chef who over 40 years gave many new immigrants their first starts and trained them in his kitchen. Many of these colleagues went on to be restaurant leaders across Chicago.
With this injury, his work in the kitchen will likely be over. The road to recovery will be long and we are asking for help to assist with the medical bills, physical therapy, and home care that this tragic incident will incur. Thank you for your time and generosity.
Overwhelming support
The GoFundMe page initially set a target of US$50,000, support was overwhelming and it has raised US$95,091 which is already doubled the amount.
The victim’s family wrote:
Thank you all for your support and generosity. This is more than we imagined and appreciate the outreach of love and prayers. At the moment our dad is breathing on his own and improving day by day. We are hopeful that he will wake soon though we know the road to recovery will be long and difficult.
Since we have exceeded our goal, we will stop accepting donations on April 20th. Thank you all again for your continued thoughts and prayers, it has provided us strength through this difficult time and we know that our dad is going strong because of this.