L.A. benefit helps comatose Giants fan

LOS ANGELES, April 12 (UPI) -- A fundraiser at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles helped boost the benefit fund for a comatose San Francisco Giants fan to nearly $200,000, the organizers said.

Former Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda was among the contributors at the event, which raised another $60,000 for the family of Bryan Stow, a Santa Clara man who has been in a coma since being attacked two weeks ago in the stadium parking lot after a game between the Dodgers and Giants.

The Los Angeles Times said the event Monday was organized by the ambulance company where Stow works as a paramedic.

The newspaper said the Giants chipped in $10,000 to the fund and Lasorda, who had his share of grief from Giants fans during his managerial career, contributed $5,000.

"It could have happened in any ballpark in America," Lasorda said. "I think it was very good for Dodger fans to come together to show their respect and sorrow for this young man."

The benefit find for Stow is separate from a reward fund set up to help track down the two unidentified suspects in the attack, who remained at large.