MANHATTAN — A fundraising effort for the children of a cash-strapped married couple who jumped to their deaths from a Midtown high-rise last week has already garnered tens of thousands of dollars in donations.
Last Friday Dr. Glenn Scarpelli, 53, and his wife, Patricia Colant, 50, leapt from 29 E. 33rd St., where he worked as a chiropractor, at about 5:40 a.m. — with the couple saying in suicide notes that they'd been having financial problems, police and friends said.
They left behind two children — Joseph, 19, and Isabella, 20 — currently attending the University of Miami and the University of Texas, respectively, friends said.
In response, the couple's friends launched an online fundraising campaign that day to help pay the children's tuition. As of Wednesday morning the campaign had raised more than $59,000 of its $100,000 goal.
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