Plane crash survivors’ hefty donations seemingly vanish as nonprofit leaves patient ‘blindsided’

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SEATTLE — Nearly $500,000 raised for a Washington woman’s bone marrow transplant seemingly vanished when a nonprofit abruptly shuttered. 

Now, they are arguing the money she and thousands of others crowdfunded was never theirs to begin with.

Laurie Haynes Arguello from the city of SeaTac is among many across the nation feeling blindsided.

“I was shocked,” Arguello said. “I was shocked. I found out by going on the website and finding that they had closed… where’s the money? Is my question.”

Arguello is no stranger to feeling blindsided:

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