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GoFundMe tops $280k as Bill Ackman donates money to help teenage girl in critical condition after high school fight

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A GoFundMe page set up for a teenage girl who was left in a critical condition after she was viciously beaten just blocks from her high school has topped $280,000.

It comes after billionaire Bill Ackman donated $10,000 to the campaign to support the 15-year-old victim, Kaylee Gain, and her family, a spokesperson for Pershing Square Capital Management said.

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