Coach Paralyzed While Shielding Daughter From Gunfire Needs Help Getting Accessible Home

https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/01/30/coach-paralyzed-while-shielding-daughter-from-gunfire-needs-

Harrington was featured in Steve James’ 1994 documentary “Hoop Dreams,” which documented the paths of two basketball players from the West Side from eighth grade through high school. The film followed William Gates, who played at St. Joseph in suburban Westchester, and Arthur Agee, who started at St. Joseph but transferred to Marshall, where Harrington was a teammate on the 1991 team that finished third in Illinois.

Since then, Harrington’s been living in his aunt’s 800-square-foot apartment, which is not ADA accessible, unable to come and go on his own, said his former coach, Rus Bradburd.

Now, Bradburd is urging everyone who has been inspired by Harrington to help him get a place of his own by donating to a GoFundMe campaign launched this month.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/independence-for-shawn-harrington?fbclid=IwAR3DCSfSvZHiRwpKhtG60y4K-j_KVlfnRUx8JBKCLeqbuwAI0I8HUG_5qBo

The 2016 shooting was not Harrington’s first brush with Chicago gun violence. His mother was killed in 2003 after being shot during a home invasion. And from 2014 to 2018, six Marshall basketball players were killed and two — including Harrington — were shot and paralyzed. Last year, his cousin who was also shot and killed in Chicago.