This paralyzed little boy was unable to return home from the hospital because his house was not wheelchair-accessible�so basketball legend Shaquille O�Neal simply bought the boy and his family a brand new home.
12-year-old Isaiah Payton was leaving a high school football game in Atlanta, Georgia back in August when ******* broke out near the field and a stray bullet hit the youngster in the spine, paralyzing him from the neck down.
O�Neal was just one of the community residents who was particularly heartbroken by the incident�so when he saw an opportunity to help the family, he immediately stepped up to the plate.
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Isaiah has spent the last two months in the hospital healing from the incident�but even after recovering from the injury, he was unable to return to his family�s one-bedroom home because it wasn�t wheelchair accessible.
O�Neal then purchased a brand new house for the family in the College Park neighborhood. Not only that, the athlete says that he will be paying the family�s rent for the next year with a little help from Papa John�s CEO Rob Lynch.
�[It�s a] nice area,?O�Neal told reporters from WXIA Atlanta. �We�re going to give her some furniture, TVs and pay her rent off for a year and help her get on her feet.?br />
12-year-old Isaiah Payton was leaving a high school football game in Atlanta, Georgia back in August when ******* broke out near the field and a stray bullet hit the youngster in the spine, paralyzing him from the neck down.
O�Neal was just one of the community residents who was particularly heartbroken by the incident�so when he saw an opportunity to help the family, he immediately stepped up to the plate.
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Isaiah has spent the last two months in the hospital healing from the incident�but even after recovering from the injury, he was unable to return to his family�s one-bedroom home because it wasn�t wheelchair accessible.
O�Neal then purchased a brand new house for the family in the College Park neighborhood. Not only that, the athlete says that he will be paying the family�s rent for the next year with a little help from Papa John�s CEO Rob Lynch.
�[It�s a] nice area,?O�Neal told reporters from WXIA Atlanta. �We�re going to give her some furniture, TVs and pay her rent off for a year and help her get on her feet.?br />
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