Fundraiser for Ellicott City Native Injured in Marathon Bombing

Friends have organized a fundraiser for the Ellicott City native who was critically injured in the Boston Marathon bombings. 

Erika Brannock, a 29-year-old preschool teacher in Towson, was in Boston watching her mother run the marathon, when she was injured by one of the bombs that exploded near the finish line, according to a friend, Ashley Cook

“To alleviate some much of the financial stress and heartache that is to come, a fund has been set up in her name,” Cook said in a statement. A fundraising event has been scheduled to raise awareness of the Erika Brannock Fund on Saturday, May 4, at Mother's Federal Hill Grille, 1113 S Charles Street in Baltimore.

Tickets are $40 and include food, soft drinks, beer and wine. Online registration is encouraged, but tickets will be available at the door. Those wishing to donate online can do so here and checks to the fund can be mailed to: The Erika Brannock Fund P.O. Box 828 Sparks, MD 21152. 

Brannock had her left leg amputated from the knee down, according to Cook.

“The physical, emotional and mental pain she has endured cannot be quantified,” she said. 

More information is available at: www.thebrannockfund.com

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