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Woman Dies In ATV Crash In Greece, Family Wants To Bring Her Home
The Long Island woman was on vacation to celebrate her 28th birthday when tragedy struck. A fundraiser was created to bring her back home.
CENTRAL ISLIP, NY - The Long Island community is rallying to help bring a Central Islip woman home after she was recently killed in an ATV crash in Greece. Anastasia Fox was involved in the fatal crash last Wednesday while vacationing with a friend to celebrate her 28th birthday.
Following the tragedy, Central Islip native Corey Balsamo created a fundraiser on GoFundMe to help cover Fox's funeral expenses.
"Our family is shaken and dumbfounded that such a bright and vibrant person was taken from us far too soon," Balsamo wrote on the page.
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The family is working to make arrangements to bring her body back to the United States so that she can be laid to rest. Balsamo is hoping to reach a goal of $50,000 to help bring Fox home. As of Monday, just three days after the page was created, a total of $30,570 has been raised
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"Anastasia was a caring daughter, granddaughter, sister, niece, cousin, friend and coworker who will be missed by so, so many," Balsamo wrote.
To learn more or to donate, visit the GoFundMe page here.
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