Ed Norton Raises $400K To Syrian Family After Seeing ‘Humans Of New York’ Facebook Post
by The Daily Eye Team December 18 2015, 2:21 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 34 secsEdward Norton ‘s latest endeavor has nothing to do with Hollywood or movie-making. The Oscar-nominated actor has helped raise more than $400,000 for a Syrian family relocating to Michigan. It’s all because of the devastating story of a man “Humans of New York” founder Brandon Stanton dubbed “The Scientist.” In seven posts on Facebook, the story recounts the life of the Syrian inventor who lost his wife and daughter in a missile strike. He then ended up in Turkey forced to take low paying odd JOBS to support his surviving son and daughter. And then just recently he was diagnosed with stomach cancer.