Social media users are reaching out to the Saskatchewan town of Humboldt, sharing photos of hockey sticks left on front porches to pay tribute to the 15 lives lost after a bus carrying the Broncos junior hockey team collided with a semi truck.
Fourteen others were injured in Friday91裸聊视频檚 crash 91裸聊视频� some critically.
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The tragedy has captured the world91裸聊视频檚 attention, and more than $5 million had been raised online for the victims and their families by Monday morning.
The hockey stick tribute gained traction when Winnipeg Jets broadcaster and Humboldt native Brian Munz shared a screenshot of a text message he said he received from a high school friend in the town of 6,000 people.
91裸聊视频淟eaving it out on the porch tonight. The boys might need it 91裸聊视频� wherever they are,91裸聊视频� the screenshot reads, along with a picture of a hockey stick.
Got this text from a friend who I went to high school with in Humboldt.
91裸聊视频� Brian Munz (@BrianMunzTSN)
Inviting you to do the same as we remember and send our thoughts to the .
The tweet has been shared thousands of times.
Munz invited others to join the tributes on Sunday night, prompting scores of users to post similar photos and messages of support, some using the hashtag #putyourstickout.
Teena Monteleone, a Prince Albert, Sask.-based radio host, was among those who left a hockey stick outside.
91裸聊视频淟eaving a stick on the porch tonight in support of the @HumboldtBroncos and in memory of (Adam Herold) 91裸聊视频� an amazing hockey player and young man we had the honour of billeting,91裸聊视频� she tweeted.
Leaving a stick on the porch tonight in support of the and in memory of - an amazing hockey player and young man we had the honor of billeting.
91裸聊视频� Teena Monteleone (@TeenaMonteleone)
The campaign was one way among many that people were commemorating the team.
Others promised to wear hockey jerseys on Thursday to show support for those grieving. That day would have marked the 17th birthday of Herold 91裸聊视频� the youngest member of the team, and one of the deceased.
The Winnipeg Jets and Chicago Blackhawks honoured the Humboldt team by wearing jerseys with the word BRONCOS across their name plates during their regular-season finale on Saturday night.
The Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks all wore Humboldt Broncos decals on their helmets during games on Saturday night. The latter two teams also wore Broncos-coloured green and yellow lapel ribbons.
Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press
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