Hundreds of readers have offered support to a young El Monte man whose story of becoming patriarch to four younger siblings after a drug cartel shooting robbed them of their parents appeared in a Column One in The Times.
More than 300 people have called or written to ask how they can help Adali Gutierrez, 20, and his siblings.
Checks have arrived blindly in the mail -- several have been for $100; one was for $5, along with a simple note in Spanish.
The offers have included money, gift cards, groceries, a Thanksgiving or Christmas meal, rent payments, computers and Internet access.
The family’s parents were killed with they inadvertently walked into a drug war dispute in Mexico. Adali, who was there to celebrate his birthday, was seriously injured in the shootings, and was left with lasting scars on his face.
One of the offers of support came from Dr. Timothy Miller, chief of plastic and reconstructive surgery at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Adali has an appointment on Monday with Miller, who is the chief surgeon for a UCLA group that treats wounded troops.
Many who wrote were modest, saying they weren’t wealthy but wanted to share what they did have:
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