The homemade concoction blew up when a park visitor stepped on it; the tourist from Virginia lost his left foot. “It really is a needle in a haystack,” said Lt. Michael Ruzzi, commanding officer of the police department’s Arson Explosion Squad. “In this day and age, we’re perplexed by who would have done this and the reasons he may have done it,” said Kevin Golden. So far, friends and strangers alike have donated almost $85,000 to an online fundraising site meant to cover ever increasing health care costs. “By all appearances he wants to put that in the past,” said Kevin Golden.

Source: National Post April 02, 2017 14:15 UTC