Matt Deckman's Recovery Fund
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We are good friends of the Deckman family — Adrienne, Matt and Jonny. As you might know, Matt began his last semester at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) in Daytona Beach FL two weeks ago. He was very excited to be graduating magna cum laude in May and was looking forward to getting a great job in the aviation industry.
On Friday, 1/11, Matt was riding his motorcycle home from work as a teaching assistant at ERAU when a car cut him off, sending him flying more than 80 feet from the point of impact! He suffered two broken legs, a broken hand, a skull fracture and broke his back in two places.
The other driver, a woman who was out of jail on bond for drug charges, was cited for the accident. Unfortunately she had no liability coverage and her insurance will pay only $10,000 of Matt’s medical costs. ... which is barely a drop in the bucket of what likely already exceeds $100,000. Matt’s student health insurance will pay some of the bills but there are loads of expenses that Matt’s family has already incurred with no end in sight.
Matt is an amazing young man with a great future. Just as he has surmounted all kinds of difficulties —including his dad’s sudden death — in the past, he is determined to recover fully and return to ERAU in either the summer or the fall to finish his degree. But he needs help to meet the ever-rising expenses caused to him by no fault of his own.
Those will include the cost of skilled nursing for a month or so to help him recuperate from his injuries enough to go into intensive inpatient rehabilitation and then the support he needs to transition home (probably in a wheelchair).
His mom and brother have been in Florida since the day of the accident and are doing everything they can to help him as he heals from these awful injuries. We want to help them by raising $25,000 to meet some of Matt’s many related expenses including copays and deductibles.
Lots of people have asked if there is anything they can do to help. The answer is yes: please donate here to Matt Deckman's Recovery Fund. Then, you can "like" and "share" with your family and friends and ask them to lend a hand. Thank you in advance for your generosity.
On Friday, 1/11, Matt was riding his motorcycle home from work as a teaching assistant at ERAU when a car cut him off, sending him flying more than 80 feet from the point of impact! He suffered two broken legs, a broken hand, a skull fracture and broke his back in two places.
The other driver, a woman who was out of jail on bond for drug charges, was cited for the accident. Unfortunately she had no liability coverage and her insurance will pay only $10,000 of Matt’s medical costs. ... which is barely a drop in the bucket of what likely already exceeds $100,000. Matt’s student health insurance will pay some of the bills but there are loads of expenses that Matt’s family has already incurred with no end in sight.
Matt is an amazing young man with a great future. Just as he has surmounted all kinds of difficulties —including his dad’s sudden death — in the past, he is determined to recover fully and return to ERAU in either the summer or the fall to finish his degree. But he needs help to meet the ever-rising expenses caused to him by no fault of his own.
Those will include the cost of skilled nursing for a month or so to help him recuperate from his injuries enough to go into intensive inpatient rehabilitation and then the support he needs to transition home (probably in a wheelchair).
His mom and brother have been in Florida since the day of the accident and are doing everything they can to help him as he heals from these awful injuries. We want to help them by raising $25,000 to meet some of Matt’s many related expenses including copays and deductibles.
Lots of people have asked if there is anything they can do to help. The answer is yes: please donate here to Matt Deckman's Recovery Fund. Then, you can "like" and "share" with your family and friends and ask them to lend a hand. Thank you in advance for your generosity.
Organizer and beneficiary
Camille Moran Klonowski
Organizer
Brecksville, OH
Matthew Deckman
Beneficiary