Cory Barr, a captain in the Sun Prairie Fire Department in Wisconsin, was killed in an explosion Tuesday night that was caused by a gas leak. Not only was Barr killed, one of the buildings that was destroyed in the explosion was the Barr House restaurant and bar owned by Barr and his wife, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.

A GoFundMe was started to take donations for Barr’s wife and two daughters. And on Twitter, Jenna Blaser asked the NFL’s Walter Payton Man of the Year for help.

@JJWatt please do what you can for Cory Barr's family. He was very well known, liked & appreciated in the Sun Prairie community. He was brave and a true hero! Any & all support from one fellow fire fighter family to another! #RIPCaptCoryBarr #firefamily https://t.co/oEE9aCNPqW

— Jenna Blaser (@jennnn_bunny) July 11, 2018

Soon after, a $10,000 donation was made from one of the NFL’s biggest stars.

Watt delivers a big donation

Watt didn’t announce his donation on social media, or call any attention to it. There was just a donation, alongside the $100 and $50 donations from all over, for $10,000 from Justin Watt, J.J.’s given name.

The goal of the campaign was to raise $15,000. In the first four hours almost $40,000 was raised.

What’s Watt’s connection to Cory Barr?

There are two connections to the story for Watt. He was born and raised in Pewaukee, Wis., about an hour from Sun Prairie. Also, Watt’s father was a firefighter for 28 years.

Watt’s charity work is a part of his celebrity. He raised more than $37 million for people in Houston affected by Hurricane Harvey. In 2016, similar to Wednesday’s donation, he gave $10,000 to a GoFundMe account for a Texas high school player who needed emergency brain surgery following an injury suffered in a game.

During a horrendous time for the Sun Prairie community, maybe it will provide a bit of comfort that Watt was willing to help out.

This article originally appeared on Yahoo.

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After 10 people were killed in a shooting at Sante Fe High School outside Houston, Texas on Friday morning, the Texas NFL player will be personally paying for funerals for all 10 victims, at least eight of whom were students. The Texans’ communications manager has confirmed to E! News that Watt will be taking care of the costs for the 10 funerals.

Soon after news of the shooting broke, Watt took to Twitter to simply write, “Absolutely horrific.”

Victims Ann Perkins, Angelique Ramirez, Kim Vaughan, Chris Stone, Kyle McLeod, Jared Conard Black, Christian “Riley” Garcia, Cynthia Tisdale and Chris Stone were murdered by 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis when he opened fire at the school using a shotgun, a .38 revolver, and explosives.

Yesterday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called the shooting “one of the most heinous attacks that we’ve ever seen in the history of Texas schools.”

Absolutely horrific.

— JJ Watt (@JJWatt) May 18, 2018

Yesterday, the Texans also released a statement, “On behalf of the Texans organization, we are saddened by the tragic events at Sante Fe High School this morning and extend our thoughts and heartfelt condolences to the victims, their families and all those affected. We are grateful for the brave first responders, law enforcement officials and medical personnel. The Texans family will continue to pray for our neighbors.”

Watt made headlines last August when he began a fundraiser last that raised more than $37 million for those who were affected by Hurricane Harvey.

This article originally appeared on E News.

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The Houston Texans player, 25, accepted the prestigious award on Saturday, February 3. “This award is about the inherent good that lies within humanity. It’s about the city of Houston and its ability to overcome adversity at a time when it all seemed lost. It is about the hundreds of thousands of people from all over the country and all over the world who donated to a city they may have never been to, to people that they may never meet,” he said at the NFL honors event. “But they donated simply because they saw their fellow humans going through a difficult time and they wanted to help out.”

As previously reported, Watt, who has played for the hometown team since 2011, raised more that $37 million in 19 days in August 2017 for relief efforts, in addition to donating $100,000 himself. Hurricane Harvey, a catastrophic Category 4 storm, hit Texas in August and caused $125 billion in damage. The Texas Tribune reported in October that at least 88 people died from the storm.

The defensive end was surprised that a video he made with his cell phone in his hotel room could amount to that type of response, telling Us Weekly in September, “I started out with a goal with $200,000 and seeing where it is today is unbelievable. I think it’s a massive testament to the good in people and the good that’s out there in the world.”

Several other famous faces donated to the cause, including Miley Cyrus, Arnold Schwarzengger and Ellen DeGeneres, the latter of whom presented Watt with a $1 million check from Walmart in August.

“These people and this city have treated me so incredibly throughout my career,” the Wisconsin native told Us at the time. “I’ve been so fortunate to play for such good fans, such great city. When you’re going through a situation like this, you obviously want to do anything you can do to help. The best thing I could do at the time, which was being stuck in Dallas, was try and use my platform to raise as much money as I could. The people stepped up to the plate. They deserve all the credit. There are so many generous people out there and I’m just the one who coordinates it.”

This article originally appeared on US Weekly.

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