Beloved Pierson Middle School Teacher's Husband Badly Hurt, Community Rushes to Help

EASTH HAMPTON, NY - In times of need, the East End community opens its arms to help.

That's exactly what friends and the Pierson school family are doing to help Terri Federico, a teacher in the middle school whose husband was in a serious accident on Saturday.

A GoFundMe page,"The Federico family" has raised $8,030 of its $15,000 goal in one day.

According to the page, organized by Julie Jahoda O'Brien, Rob is currently at Stony Brook Hospital with two broken wrists, two dislocated elbows and two broken and shattered ankles. He's slated for a series of surgeries over the next weeks and months and it's expected that he'll be hospitalized and in rehabilitation for the next six months, at least, she wrote.

"Rob is a lifetime member of the Sag Harbor community. He is an accomplished, self employed carpenter who will not be able to work in the foreseeable future," she wrote. "The Federico family does so much for the Sag Harbor community, from coaching to Scouting and everything in between. Terri and Rob are always the first ones to help out when others are in need. This is our opportunity to help them out in their time of need," she said.

To donate to the GoFundMe, click here.