‘We have a right to use public accommodations without being butchered in our seats’
The face of Iryna Zarutska, the Ukrainian refugee gruesomely slain on a Charlotte train last month by career criminal Decarlos Brown, may soon be appearing on large murals across America.
Tech giants including Elon Musk and Eoghan McCabe, CEO and founder of the customer communications platform Intercom, are pledging major donations to get the artwork started.
“I am offering $500k in $10k grants to paint murals of the face of Iryna Zarutska in prominent U.S. city locations,” McCabe posted on X.
“Please contact [email protected] for more details. Please also share this message. If you would like to contribute to this fund, please contact Katie also.”
I will contribute $1M
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 10, 2025
Musk responded to McCabe’s announcement by saying he would contribute $1 million.
GiveSendGo also launched its own campaign to promote the artwork to honor the 23-year-old murder victim.
“Iryna Zarutska did not ask to be a martyr,” its campaign states. “But you can help make sure there is at least some meaning in her brutal death.
“We will install as many posters and murals across this great nation as funds afford so that the important conversations her slaying provokes may perpetuate and drive much needed change. Eoghan McCabe is donating $500k and looking for other sponsors.
