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Across social media sites, the hashtag #PrayForChristopher has been appended to prayer requests for a 12-year-old boy named Christopher Henrick who is purported to have been seriously injured in a recent car accident involving a tractor trailer. Example: That crash occurred in 2012, however, and the young man's condition later stabilized. One popular Facebook page recently deviated from their focus on child abuse to post a status about Christopher Henrick, prompting many users to include the boy in their prayers and seek updates as to whether his recovery was on track. That post (no longer available online) linked back to an earlier prayer request for Christopher Henrick from Jason Crabb, a Christian musician: Crabb's original post, which has been shared nearly half a million times, was published on 5 October 2012. Given its massive reach, the status update and shared photo may be the origin of the common misspelling of the boy's name. And judging from the volume of recent comments, many users are unaware that the accident occurred years ago. A 12-year-old boy was gravely injured in a car accident, but the child's name is Christopher Hamrick, not Christopher Henrick. The spelling inconsistency may be why social media users are having trouble finding out whether Hamrick has recovered from his injuries or locating updated information about his condition. Hamrick (not Henrick) is no longer 12, and the accident in which he was injured is not recent. Hamrick's mother, Tena Hamrick-Schneider, maintains a Facebook page for Christopher with more than 4,000 users subscribed for updates on the teen's condition. In response to renewed interest in her son's recovery, Hamrick-Schneider amended the page's about section to clarify the timeline and circumstances of Christopher's injuries for new members: On 23 September 2014, Hamrick-Schneider explained: In one update, Hamrick-Schneider posted a picture of Christopher holding his infant nephew. A GoFundMe page was set up to help finance Christopher Hamrick's recovery. According to online memorials, Christopher Hamrick died July 5, 2015 at the age of 15.
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