What began as just another day in Trinity Bellwoods park, became a tragedy that Mike Lee will never forget.

Lee and a friend were sitting in the shade when the sound of a loud “crack” split through the park.

That’s when he heard a woman screaming.

Days later, the tragedy that unfolded before Lee’s eyes left him wanting to help the woman widowed in a freak accident last Friday by starting a crowd fund for her family.

The only problem is he doesn’t know her name.

“A small act of kindness that I hope will show compassion to the family. Surely there are others with similar thoughts to my own, so please help this family in any way possible and donate today,” Lee wrote on the page crowd funding page.

The funding page called Donations for wife of Trinity Bellwoods Tragedy was started by Lee on Saturday.

The 36-year-old was one of three people, including a physician, to perform CPR on the man while waiting for paramedics to arrive.

The trio began administering first aid instantly, beginning with checking his pulse and breathing, which had turned shallow.

“He was looking up into the sky. He was moving his eyes for a few moments and you can actually hear him grunt,” Lee said.

Despite their best efforts to revive the man, as emergency crews rushed to the park, his condition worsened.

No more than two minutes later, his face changed colour and breathing came to a halt.

Circled by a crowd, they began doing chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth.

Paramedics arrived in minutes Lee said, and he continued his turn of chest compressions until they asked him to step away.

All the while, the woman was screaming “No, no, no.”

The tragedy left him searching for a way to get in touch with her and offer his help.

“I think fundraising is the least thing I can do to help them out,” he said.

Lee reached out to Toronto police, asking them to pass along word of his fundraiser to the man’s wife.

Police confirmed a detective has received Lee’s request.

“The Toronto Police Service will attempt to pass the message to the woman,” said Const. Victor Kwong. “We will not speculate on what may or may not happen, and will not be involved in facilitating the transaction.”

In the meantime, Lee hopes the woman will catch sight of his efforts to reach out to him.

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“I would love to be in touch with the wife and the family just to offer condolences and show a little act of compassion. We’re Torontonians, we’re Canadian. Let’s show a little support for this tragedy.”

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