A fundraiser to support the wife and family of a White Rock man who was in Barcelona has raised more than $12,000.

The launched Sunday, three days after a van plowed through a crowd of pedestrians in the city鈥檚 popular Las Ramblas thoroughfare, killing 13 and wounding more than 100 others.

Ian Moore Wilson and his wife of 53 years, Valerie, were in the crowd. Ian died in the attack; Valerie was 鈥渟everely injured,鈥� according to details on the fundraising page.

The couple had visited the country to watch their grandson play soccer, the page notes.

鈥淎n act of terror took Ian from his loving family and left Valerie severely injured,鈥� writes page organizer Lisa Byrne. 鈥淚nstead of focusing on the unspeakable hatred that precipitated this, Valerie鈥檚 family has chosen to focus on the incredible acts of human kindness they experienced in this trying time.鈥�

Funds raised are 鈥渢o allow her and her family to recover in peace.鈥�

The Wilsons鈥� daughter, Fiona Wilson 鈥� a staff sergeant with Vancouver Police Department 鈥� issued a statement Friday, describing her dad as 鈥渃ompassionate, generous, adventurous.鈥�

She said the kindness bestowed on her family immediately following the attack and in the days since 鈥渁re the things we will choose to focus on when we endeavour to come to terms with the senseless violence and acts of hatred that have taken loved ones before their time.鈥�

One donor to the GoFundMe campaign echoed similar sentiments.

鈥淢y heart breaks for you and your family,鈥� writes Diane Murray. 鈥淲e cannot let these people win! xxx鈥�

Facebook commenter Nancy Solomon Garard describes the 鈥� a second incident occurred eight hours after the first, killing one person 鈥� as 鈥渃owardly acts of terrorism.鈥�