thousands of people donating to a GoFundMe set up by\u00a0Gwen Hinnant<\/a>. It’s raised nearly half-a-million dollars as of Friday night.<\/p>\nThat money will help expenses following his death \u2014 things like therapy for his sisters. And she hopes there will be\u00a0enough money to fund a project to help memorialize Cannon’s story.<\/p>\n
Maybe a bike park for kids, Hinnant said. That’s something “Cannon would have loved and other children will enjoy.”<\/p>\n
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