Charlie Sheen pays for injured teen’s therapy dog

By CARRIE ANTLFINGER
Associated Press

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FILE - In this June 26, 2012 file photo, actor Charlie Sheen attends the FX Summer Comedies Party at Lure in Los Angeles. The actor wired $10,000 to teenager Teagan Marti and her family on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, for a therapy dog to help in her rehabilitation from injuries sustained when she plummeted 100-feet from a Wisconsin amusement park ride in 2010. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision/AP, File)

A Florida teenager who plummeted 100 feet from a Wisconsin amusement park ride in 2010 is getting some help from actor Charlie Sheen.

Teagan Marti (TEE’-gehn MAHR’-tee) suffered brain, spine, pelvis and internal injuries when nets and air bags that were supposed to catch riders on the free-fall ride were not raised. She was paralyzed initially but through physical therapy is now able to walk with a walker.

A Marti family friend in Eau Claire asked Sheen for $6,000 to cover therapy dog training, and Sheen wired $10,000 on Thursday.

Sheen said he found it impossible not to help after getting the request and he likes to “pay it forward.”

The 15-year-old said she didn’t really know much about Sheen before but now thinks he’s kind and generous.




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