O'Neal pays for funeral of 5 year old

[pam]

This is an extremely sad story. 5 year old girl sold into prostitution by her mother, kidnapped, raped and murdered. Shaquille O'Neal paid for her funeral.

Basketball's Shaquille O'Neal pays for North Carolina girl's funeral - CNN.com

[jameslentz]

indeed a very sad story but continues to show that Shaq is a very good man. There have been many stories I have seen about him helping people and especially how much he does with children. I've just always liked him.

[john doe]

Shaq has shown many times how big his heart is. He was a deputy sheriff in Florida, and he has applied to be one in Ohio as well. I may not care for the teams he plays for, but he does try to be a good citizen.

[boyando]

Shaq has shown many times how big his heart is. He was a deputy sheriff in Florida, and he has applied to be one in Ohio as well. I may not care for the teams he plays for, but he does try to be a good citizen.

Tell that to Greg Ostertag

[SMG]

The story of that poor little girl broke my heart. But thank Heaven for big-hearted people like Shaq.

[bluedreams]

I voted that probably the saddest story I've heard in a month. All around depressing. It probably didn't help that when I first heard about it there was still hope that she might be found....and then I clicked a follow-up only to find out she'd been prostituted, raped, and killed and had probably dealt with her mother's abuse/neglect before but no one did squat for it. I'm glad Shaq is helping out, though.

With luv,

BD

[Tyler90AZ]

I'm glad there is still good people in this world!

Tyler

[Hitower]

What a sad story!

I had no idea Shaq was that good of a guy. And all this time I have really disliked him! Guess there is a bit more to a basketball player then who you see on the court!

[Vort]

He sure bullied around Shawn Bradley, both on and off the court.

Good for him for stepping up in this tragic case.

[Guest]

I wish I could have found a transcript of that interview where he was showing off his house in Orlando to an interviewer and the interviewer said, this is one great house and he said, no, no, THAT is a great house (pointing to the Orlando LDS Temple).

My friend's son's coach is Shaq's neighbor (when he still lived in Orlando) and is on the HOA board. Shaq's house is on a lake and he ordered truckloads of white sand to make his backyard like a beach. Unfortunately, that was against the HOA rules, so the HOA played hot-potato on who is going to tell Shaq. The coach ended up with the task so he unwillingly/fearfully approached Shaq about it and Shaq immediately said he is sorry for not reading the HOA rules and that he will correct it immediately. The sand was all gone before the week was up and the coach and his family has been invited to his backyard parties sans sand until he moved.

He is good like that...