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June 21, 2012 12:54 am GMT

Internet Gives Harassed Bus Monitor a $70,000 Vacation [UPDATED]




Karen Klein, the bus monitor who was verbally abused in Greece, N.Y. by the group of 12- to 15-year-olds she was supervising, is about to go on one heck of a great vacation.

An indiegogo fundraiser in her name has pulled in more than $70,000 to send her on her way. (The amount continues to rise; we'll update the numbers as it does.)

The fundraiser was started by Reddit user Max Sidorov of Toronto, Canada. When Sidorov heard about Klein's salary -- $15,506, according to a district website -- he decided she did not make enough money to have to put up with that type of harassment.

The original fundraising goal was $5,000 -- which was beaten in under five hours.

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