The day after Holly Barker's announcement, Ryan Jandura started a GoFundMe. Jandura remembered taking trips to Wilmington to fish or visit antique shops with his grandparents as a kid and seeing the "giant, enormous figure that towered over the road."
It felt "larger than life," he said. When the 44-year-old moved to Wilmington as an adult, he frequently passed the Gemini Giant on drives with his wife and helped make jewelry to sell at the restaurant's gift store.
"He became a part of my life," he said.
Donations from hundreds of people poured in. One person said the Gemini Giant brings so much charm to our little part of the universe," and another said they're planning to travel Route 66 in April for their 50th wedding anniversary trip and hope to see the astronaut. A local Veterans of Foreign Wars post also helped with fundraising.
--RoadHappy
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