Shaq surprises 5 year old pit bull dog attack survivor and family

[pwaldo]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-survivor.html

NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal has surprised the family of 5-year-old Syrai Sanders who survived a horrific dog attack in January with new furniture.

Sanders returned home this week after spending two months in the hospital being treated for severe injuries that the child sustained in the January 17 attack in Atlanta.

The schoolgirl and her six-year-old friend Logan Braatz were walking to a bus stop when they were attacked and mauled by two pit bulls. Braatz died from his injuries.

The dogs' owner has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and reckless conduct.

O'Neal met Sanders and her family at Rooms to Go, an Atlanta furniture store, and picked up the tab for new items.

Sanders' parents tell the station WAGA that the basketball Hall of Famer and current TNT analyst has been involved with the family since the attack.

Talking to the station CBS46 from her home on Gideon Street in Atlanta, a smiling Syrai, with her head still bandaged up, said that she enjoyed 'all the TV' at the hospital.

On a more somber note, the young survivor recounted the devastating attack that killed her friend, recalling how at one point she could not open her eyes 'because the dogs bit me all around and blood started coming out.'

Syrai's grandmother told Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Wednesday that she is now recovering at home after undergoing eight surgeries.

[seegs]

That is so sad
shaq is an awesome guy

[doniceage]

That is awesome of Shaq but it just sad for any child to go thru this trauma because of neglect of a pet owner.

DON