Considering how critical the situation is supposed to be--that the boy apparently has a good chance of not making it and if he does will likely be permanently brain damaged--it does seem a little suspicious that nobody seems to know who this boy is. Cyberbullying AND real-world bullying are both equally becoming big deals and when something tragic happens as a result of either, there's usually some kind of local outcry that ripples into a national one. There's usually someone--a family member or friend, SOMEBODY--coming forward to give updates on the victim's condition for the people who obviously care a great deal about them, enough to donate money to the family.
Is it POSSIBLE that there was no local news on it at all, no accessible records (police blotter, maybe?) regarding an eleven-year-old boy and a suicide attempt? That nobody in the area knows about it or, if they do, won't talk about it? That even the family themselves don't want to talk about it (I mean, it IS uncomfortable and traumatic to deal with, after all) and are trying to keep their grief as private as they can? It's even possible that the family isn't even running the Go Fund Me page--that it's being done by someone on their behalf or, worse, that it has nothing to do with them and it's capitalizing on someone's very real grief to scam others.
But let's remember what this site was originally about: skepticism. That's an AWFUL LOT of lightning striking in the same place. I'm not saying it's impossible. I'm saying it's very unlikely.