Amber Roof, the sister of Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof, has apparently set up a GoFundMe Page in the wake of the attack to raise money for her wedding and honeymoon.
Roof was set to be married just four days after her brother attacked parishioners at the historic black Emanuel AME Church, killing nine.
Instead, she called off the wedding after alerting authorities that her brother was the shooter after identifying him in security footage released in the wake of the attack.
"Our wedding day was suppose to be the most important and special day of our lives," writes a woman identified as Amber, who was due to marry Michael Tyo, on the Go Fund Me page. "It was suppose [sic] to start our lives together with our new family. Our day was the exact opposite. Our wedding day was full of sorrow, pain, and shame, tainted by the actions of one man." Our wedding day was full of sorrow, pain, and shame, tainted by the actions of one man."
The description provided for the campaign, called "A Fresh Start For Michael and Amber," makes only a vague reference to Dylann Roof's involvement in the attack. It says the Charleston shooting "took place and our lives were forever changed." The bride-to-be also blamed the media for abusing her and her fiancee's privacy by publishing details of the wedding, thereby "destroying the first day of Michael and my life together."
The poster is looking to raise $5,000 for lost wedding costs, to pay bills and to go on a "dream honeymoon." She also pledged to donate 10% of the money raised to the church. As of Thursday morning, the campaign had raised $1,500.
Perhaps not surprisingly, the woman's attempt to crowdfund a honeymoon in the wake of a tragedy has drawn both support and vitriol from those who say its insensitive. Some have criticized her for profiting off of the attack.
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