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🎙️ Q-Point Podcast | Amy Sussman — Part One

“What He Wanted Most To Be Was A Dad”
— Sussman On Remembering Maxx Hathaway

Amy Sussman, aunt of Maxx Hathaway, joined Q-Point to remember her nephew, one of the 18 people killed in the Lewiston mass shooting, and to explain why she has been advocating for victims’ families and survivors. She described Maxx as a devoted father whose wife was pregnant with their child when he died.

Sussman questioned how donations to the Maine Community Foundation’s Lewiston-Auburn Area Response Fund were divided. She said donors and families understood the money would help people directly affected by the shooting, while approximately $1.9 million went to 29 nonprofits. She discussed the foundation’s separate donation options, whether donors understood how their gifts would be allocated, and the help survivors continue to need.

Sussman also described how one nonprofit redirected an equivalent amount to Victims First, raised concerns about the nonprofit grant process, and recounted a meeting with the Maine attorney general’s office. She said 57 people asked the office to reopen its investigation after additional documents came to light, but the office declined. She continues to seek answers about what families and donors were told.

📻 Airs statewide weekends on The Voice of Maine and WLOB Portland.

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This episode was pre-recorded, produced, and sponsored by Corenna Quirk, Broker at NextHome Experience.

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