She said she could “never have imagined in a million years” how the fundraiser would spread across the world.
“It built so quickly and it was just overwhelming,” she added.
“Honestly, my heart could have burst, I don’t think I have ever felt my chest feel so full. I don’t even know how to put it into words.”
More than 1,600 people have now donated to the fundraiser. While the money will be an “incredible” help to the family, Ms Prindiville said, the hundreds of messages of condolence had hugely “moved” Aria’s loved ones.
“With so many really amazing, wonderful people all coming together and getting behind something, it just creates this love,” she said.