Donations pour in after Australian bouncy castle tragedy

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SYDNEY: A memorial to victims of a bouncy castle tragedy that killed five children in Australia continued to grow on Saturday (Dec 18), as an outpouring of support drove donations over a millio

that killed five children in Australia continued to grow on Saturday , as an outpouring of support drove donations over a million dollars.

Three more children were in critical condition in hospital in the state capital Hobart, and one was recovering at home. An online fundraiser - initially aiming to raise A$1,000 for the victims' families - climbed to more than A$1.1 million on Saturday morning. "We grieve with them, and we mourn with them, and we want to do everything we possibly can to help them through this terrible, terrible, unthinkable and imaginable tragedy," he told reporters in Hobart.

 

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