donna fountain, a 38-year-old single mom and home health attendant, was killed on christmas morning in a hit-and-run in crown heights, brooklyn. cops found this handwritten note at the scene:
My Dreams
1. Work on my dream job
2. Buy a house by 45
3. Start housing for gay + lesbian teens
4. Marry the woman of my dreams
5. Make sure Elijah graduates from college!a commenter on daily intel said it sounded like the beginning of the woman’s 8-year-old son’s superhero origin story. at first i thought that was insensitive, but now i’m starting to think it’s the only positive way to look at this. the universe is a brutally unfair, fucked up place sometimes.