When Willie Moyers started banging on a backdoor at the Tower Food Court on Western Kentucky University’s campus demanding to see his wife Charita while holding his head, the other employees knew something was wrong.

Lee Cox, an assistant location manager with the WKU Restaurant Group, said he was alarmed to see Willie Moyers, a maintenance supervisor, being so blunt about needing to see Charita Moyers, who works at the Pit Stop, a convenience store in the Tower Food Court.

“He was not acting like normal Willie,” he said.

This happened at about 2 p.m. March 24, Cox said, adding that Willie Moyers had been acting normal earlier in the day.

“Everyone thought it was out of character,” he said. “We were alarmed but we didn’t know the severity.”

Having suffered a brain aneurysm, Willie Moyers was taken via ambulance to TriStar Greenview Regional Hospital and was later airlifted to TriStar Skyline Medical Center in Nashville.

Cox and his coworker Jessica Vincent started a gofundme page to help the Moyers’ with medical expenses, Cox said.

According to the page, titled “Moyers medical expenses,” 85 people have raised more than $4,000 since the page was launched March 25.

The fundraising goal is $10,000, though Cox said they could potentially try to raise more money if the community seems willing to contribute beyond the $10,000 mark.

“We’re just doing our part to raise money, and we’re still in the learning process of how to fundraise,” he said, adding that neither he nor Vincent had ever embarked on a fundraising campaign before.

“We were unsure of how much we were capable of raising,” he said.

Cox said he’s been amazed by how much support the page has already gotten.

“Honestly, it’s been overwhelming to know the capacity for human compassion,” he said.

Charita Moyers said she had nothing to do with setting up the gofundme page beyond giving Vincent permission to set it up.

“I of course cried for a long time and I said, ‘Yes, absolutely,’ ” she said.

Charita Moyers said she’s amazed so many people have been so supportive of her and Willie.

“People in our community are just amazing and it’s what’s gotten me through these last few days,” she said.

Since the day of Willie’s aneurysm, Charita Moyers said she hasn’t left her husband’s side.

On Wednesday, doctors made progress in treating his condition, safely removing the bulge in the affected artery, she said.

“An awesome weight has been lifted from my shoulders,” she said.

Doctors have told Charita Moyers her husband will need to stay in the hospital for another few weeks and that he may require an additional surgery if the movement of fluids in his brain doesn’t resume as normal, she said.

Chris Moyers, the couple’s son, said that though he appreciates their effort and the community’s donations and the kind messages they’ve left on the gofundme page, Cox and Vincent’s current $10,000 goal won’t cover all his father’s medical expenses, adding that the medical helicopter ride from Bowling Green to Nashville is supposed to cost thousands of dollars.

“It’s a lot of extra money we didn’t have but we’re still going to be paying for a while,” he said.

Cox said his efforts at raising money for the Moyers’ expenses aren’t limited to the gofundme page, adding that T-shirts with #williestrong printed on them are being produced and proceeds from the sales will go toward Moyers’ medical expenses.

Cox is also working on organizing a silent auction that would benefit the family, though the day and location haven’t yet been established.