Southporter's GoFundMe Campaign Raises Funds For Spinal Cord Injury Patients

FAIRFIELD, CT — Running marathons are challenging, so athletes often look for inspiration to finish them. For Southport resident Grace Moriarty, she looks to her father, Sean.

Grace, who is competing in Saturday's Eversource Hartford Marathon, runs in honor of her father, who suffered a spinal cord injury in a skiing accident in 2019 that left Sean a paraplegic.

As a result, Grace is running the 26.2-mile event, as she did last year, to raise money for the cause.

"So far, I have raised $22,000 with a goal of $30,000 in support of spinal cord injury patients and their families," she told Patch.

Grace has established a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for the fight against paralysis, which has already garnered donations from nearly 150 people.

"It’s hard to believe it’s been nearly five years since my dad, my brother Liam, and I took a holiday ski trip to Mount Snow that would unforeseeably alter our lives," she wrote. "On December 27, 2019, my dad’s skiing accident on that snowy mountaintop led to a broken spine, multiple broken ribs, and a punctured lung, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. He continues to battle complications from his paralysis every day."

Click here to view Grace Moriarty's GoFundMe page in honor of her father, Sean.