Cruise walked into a Virginia Dairy Queen and saw the jar with a photo of Ashley Flint and her story.
Flint was in a go-cart accident in September. It has left her family with a mountain of hospital bills.
So Cruise left $5,000 in cash in the jar.
Flint said she would love to meet Cruise and thank him for the gift.
Cruise is in Virginia filming his new movie, "War of the Worlds."
He was accompanied by director Steven Spielberg and an entourage of about 20 others when he made the stop at the Dairy Queen.
DC Rebel
12-21-04, 08:36 AM
That was pretty cool of Tom Cruise.
That doesn't surprise me. I have thought this guy was a class act for along time, specifically the times when he saved a little boy who was being crushed by a group of people swarming forward to see him and the time that he helped pull a family off of a burning boat.
PaperGirl
12-21-04, 09:02 AM
Thats pretty cool of him! Its good to know that there are some decent level headed people in the world.
TeachX3
12-21-04, 11:29 AM
YES!! WOOHOO!! What a loving and generous thing... I LOVE TOM CRUISE! :D
Good looking and generous :thumb:
galaga-girl
12-21-04, 06:10 PM
If only more people were like him :)
whistledog
12-21-04, 08:30 PM
That was very nice of him :thumb:
bookmistres4ever
12-21-04, 09:06 PM
He carries $5,000 in cash on him??? Holy moses that's alot of Dairy Queen Blizzard milkshakes and Chili Dogs!
Good for him to help that family out!
80's fanatic
12-21-04, 10:51 PM
That is so awesome.... ......... especially in today's world. I'm so happy for him and for the family that he gave too. Tom Cruise has always been a generous person. It's nice to see that he's willing to help someone in need, and not keeping all the money to himself. He is and will always be a class act and role model in my book. :)
Well, his movies have made about 2 billion dollars, he probably can spare the entire cost of the medical bills.
Nice story this time of year!