{"id":55335,"date":"2017-08-06T11:30:32","date_gmt":"2017-08-06T11:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=55335"},"modified":"2017-08-06T11:41:18","modified_gmt":"2017-08-06T11:41:18","slug":"usvi-unites-raises-over-9500-for-funeral-of-lyana-serieux-and-two-sons-in-less-than-a-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=55335","title":{"rendered":"USVI Unites, Raises Over $9,500 For Funeral Of Lyana Serieux And Two Sons In Less Than A Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

ST. CROIX — It will be hard to remove the pain from the hearts of Virgin Islanders who have struggled with the viciousness of the crime that erased an entire family from the face of the\u00a0earth. But the atrocity perpetrated against Lyana Serieux and her boys Jeremiah and Jordan Serieux, have brought the U.S. Virgin Islanders together in more ways than one. First, they banded together by forming search parties<\/span><\/a> to find the victims. Then, they combined their faiths<\/span><\/a> in prayer asking God to comfort the family, heal the territory and bring the criminals to justice.<\/p>\n

And on Saturday afternoon, in what must be one of the fastest online, community-led fundraisers on St. Croix, Virgin Islanders near and far raised $9,745.86, all of which will go to the family of Ms. Serieux for funeral arrangements.<\/p>\n

“We did it!!!! We have met and exceeded our goal!!! Thank you community! For coming together and letting Lyana Serieux and her 2 boys Jordan and Jeremiah Serieux be laid to rest,” wrote an ecstatic Maxine Hart Young, who, along with Malik Stridiron<\/span><\/a>, organized the PayPal fundraiser. “On behalf of the Serieux Family Malik Stridiron and I would like to thank each and every one of you for coming together and helping us to be a beacon of light in a dark situation. We love \u2764\ufe0f you”<\/p>\n