Tyler Perry Donates $50K to Paralyzed Man Named Michael Patterson

Media mogul Tyler Perry is donating $50,000 to a man who was left paralyzed from the waist down after he jumped into a creek to save a 4-year-old girl near Atlanta, Ga.

Michael Patterson, 43, severed his spine and broke his neck in three different places while doing the good deed.

GOOD DEEDS: Tyler Perry Donates $50K to Man Paralyzed in Creek Rescue  was originally published on ioneblackamericaweb.staging.go.ione.nyc

The family of Patterson thanked Perry on a Facebook page dedicated to his  recovery.

GOOD DEEDS: Tyler Perry Donates $50K to Man Paralyzed in Creek Rescue  was originally published on ioneblackamericaweb.staging.go.ione.nyc