Grand Theft Auto Players Fundraise $50k for Sick Fan Trying to Make It to GTA 6

Grand Theft Auto players person rallied down a sick instrumentality successful request of a lung transplant by raising much than $50,000 truthful helium tin unrecorded agelong capable to play GTA 6.

Meet Jerry, a 25-year-old who has uploaded euphony and gaming contented connected TikTok with the username Void Only since 2022. A self-proclaimed Kingdom Hearts "fanatic," he's spent the past 4 years talking astir Warframe, Marvel's Spider-Man, Hitman, and, of course, GTA 6, and now, he's warring for his life.

A fewer days ago, helium uploaded a video. Plastered connected the surface is substance that says "I conscionable privation to play GTA VI," with the TikTok statement adding, "Rockstar and their delays man…"

Rockstar and their delays man…

"Well, this time was inevitable," Jerry said done the dependable of his oxygen tube. "I'm astatine the extremity of my ropes. My lungs can't bash it nary more. So, I'm going to beryllium successful the ICU until I get a lung transplant, but my concern is truthful strange, you know?

"My lungs are attached to the thorax wall, truthful doing country means ripping isolated my lungs from my thorax partition – physically ripping them – past pulling them out, past replacing them with caller lungs. It's going to beryllium precise bloody, precise dangerous. It's a precise unsocial case. They judge I volition marque it retired the different broadside – I person anticipation I volition – but I'm a precise spiritual individual, truthful adjacent if I don't, wherever I spell volition beryllium great."

Jerry has battled interstitial lung illness since helium was 17. His parent, Paris Fort, told his communicative with a precocious established GoFundMe page, saying helium has "always pushed done symptom to amusement up for the radical helium loves." Jerry's illness has present progressed to the constituent that helium needs a lung transplant "for a accidental astatine healing and a future."

After his archetypal update video amassed millions of views and 1.9 cardinal likes, the emotion poured in. "You're gonna get that transplant conscionable successful the nick of time, I judge successful you," 1 remark said. "You're gonna beryllium capable to spot GTA 7 bro you tin marque it!" different added. "WHEN you marque it," idiosyncratic other said, "WE are buying YOU GTA 6. We got you twin."

The fundraising goal, arsenic elaborate by Jerry successful a follow-up video, was to scope $15,000 to assistance helium and his household get done the year. At the clip of this article's publication, his GoFundMe leafage had reached $53,151 (via Dexerto).

The other currency won't conscionable instrumentality attraction of the fiscal load brought connected by an cognition arsenic delicate arsenic a lung transplant; it volition assistance cushion the stroke of what could beryllium a lengthy betterment period. With truthful overmuch near uncertain, Jerry's post-op betterment timeline remains a mystery. But he's holding retired hope.

Thank each of you. Any magnitude is valid your beauteous beings

"I would similar to convey each of you for being patient, fig one," a teary-eyed Jerry said successful a caller video uploaded during the weekend. "Number two, I did not expect that overmuch love. It's truthful galore people, truthful galore messages, truthful many… truthful galore good-hearted people."

He went on, saying, "Side note: We marque it retired connected the different broadside of this thing, I volition beryllium streaming GTA 6 whenever that drops.

"I volition beryllium streaming that. That's going to beryllium our extremity arsenic a community."

After a fewer delays, GTA 6 seems locked successful with its November 19, 2026, merchandise date. We'll larn much, overmuch much astir it erstwhile its Extended Look presumption comes to Netflix aboriginal this month. As Jerry's GoFundMe continues to climb, it looks similar it won't beryllium agelong earlier it passes yet different milestone erstwhile it hits $55k.

Michael Cripe is simply a freelance writer with IGN. He's champion known for his enactment astatine sites similar The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be definite to springiness him a travel connected Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).