Crime & Safety
Rock Icon Cuts $10K Check For OC Boy Injured In Helicopter Crash: Report
The 12-year-old boy was presented Saturday with a $10,000 check from a charity foundation run by music icon Sammy Hagar.
ORANGE COUNTY, CA — An Orange County boy who sustained serious injuries after a helicopter crash in Huntington Beach was presented Saturday with a $10,000 check from a charity foundation run by rock music icon Sammy Hagar, The Orange County Register reported.
The check presentation happened while 12-year-old Oliver Holland and his family were on a staycation hosted by The Waterfront Beach Resort in Huntington Beach, the newspaper said.
He was presented the check by Hagar via FaceTime, according to reports.
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"There's so many things that you can do to help others that's so important and I would hope that maybe this experience would help you do that," Hagar was reported saying to Oliver.
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