Daughter Breaks Both Feet, Mother Posts

Carrie Yunker, of Peoria asked the online community to help her raise $4,200 that will be used to cover her daughter Nicole Easton's everyday expenses for the next several of months while she recovers from her injuries.
In a post on the fundraising site, Yunker explained that her daughter just graduated from high school, had a good job and had recently moved into her first home 'as an adult' when disaster struck.
One afternoon, Yunker worte, her daughter and her roommates 'were being crazy young adults' and decided to leap from the roof of their house into the backyard pool. 'I'm surprised that Nicole would even try something like that,' the mother said. 'She's not the very daring type.'

In the video of the incident posted by Yunker on YouTube, her daughter, dressed in a pink bikini, could be seen nervously laughing and squealing in terror on the roof alongside another girl as she is being incited to jump by her boyfriend, who had already taken a leap into the pool moments earlier. At the last second, Nicole hesitated and missed the pool, instead landing with a loud thud on the concrete deck, breaking both her feet. The accident landed the girl in a wheelchair, and she is expected to be disabled for the next six weeks, according to her mother.


Yunker then went on to explain that her daughter not being able to work for a while means that she would be unable to cover her share of the rent and bills, which could result in her losing her home. The mother gave a breakdown of her daughter's expenses, writing that she will need $1,800 for rent for half a year and $2,400 for expenses like food, toiletries, phone and utilities.

'One way, or another she will survive,' Yunker wrote. 'But honestly Nicole could really use some financial help. Of course Her Father, and I will help. But We can only help so much. I've always been a very giving person, and I believe you reap what you sow.'
But instead of an outpouring of support, Yunker was inundated with negative comments from people who expressed outrage that the family expected the Internet community to foot the bill for her daughter's ill-advised stunt.
Yunker has since removed the video of her daughter's accident. Only five people have donated a total of $80 towards Nicole Easton's expenses.