
MIAMI (WKMG) South Florida entertainer Pitbull is coming to the rescue of cancer patients stuck in Puerto Rico by sending a private plane to the island decimated by Hurricane Maria.
The New York Daily News reports the rapper’s plane will head to Puerto Rico and bring the patients back to the U.S. for treatment.
“Thank God we’re blessed to help. Just doing my part,” the man known as “Mr. Worldwide” said in a statement to the Daily News.
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