A 44-year-old father of five brutally attacked, smashed in the head.  Doctors now tell the family there is no hope, “he will not recover”.   His wife and kids have not left the hospital since the night of his attack.   Friends and family are now seeking donations for funeral arrangements:

MCKEES ROCKS, Pa. – The sister of a man who police said was robbed at random of $60 while walking through a park in McKees Rocks last month told Channel 11 News he likely won’t recover.

“The doctors tell us there is no hope for his brain. His brain is completely damaged,” said Tina Ernst, the victim’s sister.

According to Ernst, her brother, 44-year-old David Poole, was walking home with a friend near West Park on May 26 when they were surprise-attacked by three men.

Ernst said her brother was hit in the head with an object and taken to the ground, cracking his skull.

She said Poole, who has four children and one stepchild, has been in a coma for nearly a month. Doctors told Ernst that even if Poole survives, he’ll live out the rest of his life as a vegetable.

“The doctors tell us there is no hope for his brain. His brain is completely damaged,” Ernst said. “I just want them to know that they took someone’s life; someone’s son, someone’s brother, someone’s father.”

Ernst said her brother was attacked all for $60 and his phone, which wasn’t found at the scene. The robbers also got away with his friend’s purse.

One eyewitness gave a vague description of the attackers, saying one individual was tall with a large afro and the others were shorter. All were described as being in their 20s.

Authorities said the investigation is being transferred to homicide, but so far, no suspects have been identified.  (Link with Video Story)

A GoFundMe page has been set up for the family.  If you would like to contribute – CLICK HERE – and help spread the message.

“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me”…

Dear Father, we thank you for the comfort we can only find in Your presence. Through the Holy Spirit we know Your presence is always with us.  Send this family Your peace Lord –  It is only Your peace that passes all understanding.

Dear Lord please comfort this family; cherish this family; help them to set aside despair in this most difficult of time.  Please help them not to waiver and doubt. 

Please grant them a faith that is everlasting, when they need it most.  We release our lives into Your hands.  As we wait and watch, teach us how to embrace it with faith.

Give us strength to hold up those hearts who are stepping closer to seeing You face to face. Take away the fear in the heart of the Poole family, and Your child David Poole who will soon see You.

We pray You will let this family find peace in Your grace, comfort in Your love, and strength in Your mighty power over death.  Comfort them as grief seems to over power them. 

You are a good, just, righteous, and loving Father. Do not let us grow bitter in this shadow of death.  Pierce our hearts with hope and love that we can not fathom or understand.  A joy that is above all that is corrupted here on earth.   You are conqueror of all; and so we trust You. We trust that You will do what is right, what is loving. Whether in death or in life Your will is accomplished and You are sovereign.

May the Poole family know Your presence, Lord. Keep them ever aware of Your loving hand guiding them through all these things.

In the name of Jesus we pray; Amen.