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An 89-year-old woman whose house on Broughdale Avenue was damaged for the second time during the unsanctioned FoCo street party — all while she and her cat took refuge in a hotel — is being aided in the repair by a group of “good Samaritan” students.

A GoFundMe campaign has been set up to raise money to repair the home of Bess Srahulek, affectionately known as Broughdale Grandma, who had a window smashed and her ceiling cracked during the “fake homecoming,” or FoCo, party that drew 25,000 young people last weekend.

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“It’s so wrong. It’s so against my principles that this happens to somebody at this age,” said Srahulek.

A few days before FoCo, Srahulek was visited by London police, who recommended she move her car and stay in a hotel the night before FoCo.

She shelled out $163 for the overnight stay.

“It should make me angry, but it makes me almost insecure,” she said. “It kind of pulled the rug out from under me.”

Accompanying Srahulek to the hotel was her longtime companion, Thomas, her grey tabby cat.

“It was hard on him. He stayed right in his carrier, he didn’t eat,” she said. “He was always trying to comfort me.”