Overview
- The check was presented Dec. 27 via FaceTime at the Waterfront Beach Resort’s Cabo Wabo in Huntington Beach during a resort-hosted staycation.
- Oliver Holland suffered a collapsed lung and a brain bleed in the Oct. 11 Bell 222 crash and spent about 24 days in the hospital after surgery and a medically induced coma.
- His sister says he is recovering and back to some school activities, and the family expressed gratitude for community support and GoFundMe donations.
- CBS News reported he was among five people hospitalized after the helicopter struck a pedestrian bridge near the oceanfront Hyatt during the Cars ’N Copters event.
- Hagar’s Hagar Family Foundation, which has donated more than $4 million since 2008, framed the gift as part of encouraging young people to help others.