UCC Hero Chris Mintz Reaches Over $800,000 In Donations

Just over three weeks removed from the tragic Umpqua Community College shootings in Oregon, amateur MMA fighter and Army veteran Chris Mintz remains hospitalized. LowKickMMA reported a touching story on Mintz, who selflessly rushed a gunman on that October morning to protect the UCC students, and had received at that time $500,000 in donations. Mintz was reportedly shot five times during the attack, eye witnesses say he refused to back down from the armed assailant.

Mintz, formerly based at Fort Lewis in Washington during his military service, had also wrestled at high school level, and his story has reached millions. He was released on October 8. from the Roseburg hospital where he received treatment for his injuries, and a look at his ‘Go Fund Me’ page set up by a family member is simply staggering. Check it out:

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If you want to add to the heart warming donations to UCC hero Chris Mintz, you can click here. With aspirations of becoming a fitness instructor once he finished his course at UCC, it’s good to hear that Mintz is doing well in recovery, as per his Facebook page:

“I’m not doing this for publicity and I don’t want any media outlet to alter it in any way. I am recovering well and thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers.”

Once again we here at LowKickMMA wish Chris Mintz a speedy recovery, and hope that he, his son and the Umpqua community can move past this tragic event and take the positivity of the nation’s support on for the rest of their lives.