Gabriel Iglesias, nationally-known stand-up comic, was so moved by the tragedy of the Aurora shooting that he has announced a benefit show for Caleb Medley -- a shooting victim who sustained a severe head injury and remains in a medically induced coma in intensive care, continuing the fight for his life.
Medley was pursuing a career in stand-up comedy himself and his wife just gave birth to their first child, baby Hugo.
"I wanted to do something special for the victims of the shooting," Iglesias told The Huffington Post. "When I learned that one of the victims who survived was a comedian who had no health insurance and had a wife with a baby on the way I knew I had to help."
Medley doesn't have any health insurance and his family has been told that his medical bills could cost up to $2 million if he fully recovers, CBS News reported.
Medley was pursuing a career in stand-up comedy himself and his wife just gave birth to their first child, baby Hugo.
"I wanted to do something special for the victims of the shooting," Iglesias told The Huffington Post. "When I learned that one of the victims who survived was a comedian who had no health insurance and had a wife with a baby on the way I knew I had to help."
Medley doesn't have any health insurance and his family has been told that his medical bills could cost up to $2 million if he fully recovers, CBS News reported.
- 7/27/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
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