[post_page_title]Going viral[/post_page_title]
When Cohen started his fundraiser, he thought it would be a local endeavor at most. However, news sources far and wide heard about his story, and were compelled to report on it.
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Whitney Burney, a reporter for a news station in Michigan, knew that she had to publicize this story. She headed on over to Virginia, and gave Cohen’s fundraiser the well-earned attention that it deserved.