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The Iowa Boy With Leukemia Got to Ride in a Ferrari Race Car
The Iowa Boy With Leukemia Got to Ride in a Ferrari Race Car-October 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:11:13

When we last checked in with Caleb Hammond, the 11-year-old boy living in Iowa who is facing his final battle with leukemia, to decorate his casket with. Word spread like wildfire, and soon a Ferrari dealership in Florida took notice. It went a step further and sent an entire race car up to Iowa so that Hammond could have a ride in it.

Garrett Hayim, who owns , heard about Hammond and decided to help lift the boy’s spirits in his own way, according to . He sent the Ferrari 488 Challenge race car, driver Jody Coenen and a racing suit from South Florida to the Iowa Speedway, where the car hit 202 mph and then did a few donuts with Hammond in the passenger seat.

In a call with , Hayim explained that his father is a cancer survivor, so he wanted to help out. He told the outlet:

“Maybe I can pull off shipping the race teams, the whole team, the truck, the trailer, the race cars, the drivers, ship them all to Iowa and see if we could give this guy a day to remember. If he’s at that point, he needs to enjoy every single day because his moments count even more than yours and mine.”

Hammond said that the donuts “felt like a tornado” and that he’s already collected thousands of stickers from well-wishes across the country, per his original request. Now he can also say that he got to go over 200 mph, which was another wish that he had.

You can still send stickers Hammond’s way bymailing them to 314 North J Street, Oskaloosa, IA 52577.

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