Support Ryli's Road to Recovery

My name is Destiny and I am Ryli’s older sister. My brother had a horrible accident on July 4th. While the people he was with were setting off fireworks someone who was inebriated decided to light off a sparkler bomb (a bunch of sparklers taped together). When they lit it they were not paying attention to where they were lighting it or who was around. They lit it off extremely close to people and two small children. My brother being the incredible person that he is jumped into action and grabbed the fireworks trying to move it away from the kids knowing they could get seriously hurt or worse if it went off that close to them. When he grabbed it, it went off in his hand. His whole had was blown apart and he got serious burns on his face, neck, chest and legs. He was rushed to Harborview Medical Center where he ended up having to have what was left of his right hand amputated above the wrist.

Obviously life is going to look extremely different for him from now on. He is facing a long and difficult road to recovery as well as now no longer being able to work while he heals. He lost his dominant hand which makes adjusting to his new life even harder. Ryli is a hero and saved the lives of the two children as well as many others around him. Im asking for any donations to help him while he is on his road to recovery. He won’t be able to work and disability will not kick in for a while. In the mean time he has bills that need to be paid as well as money just to live off of.

I can not express how proud I am of my brother. At just 19 years old he has handled this whole awful situation with grace courage and incredible strength. He is truly a hero who didn’t hesitate for a second thinking about his own safety only of those around him.

UPDATE 7/12

Wow! The amount of love and support Ryli has gotten from loved ones and complete strangers has completely blown us away. Thank you so much to everyone who has reached out with kind words of encouragement and helped by donating financially! You have taken a burden off of us that no family should have to worry about in these situations.

Ryli is home and adjusting to his new life slowly but surely. We have upped the donation amount to try and get some money for a prosthetic when the time comes.

Ryli is taking this challenge head on and is working hard towards recovery. That being said he still has a long ways to go and will need all the love and support he can possibly get. My brother continues to show us just how stubborn and strong he is and I couldn’t be more proud of him.