an injured motorcyclist,APreports.
The former heavyweight champion may be famous for his aggressiveness,
but he was quick to help Ryan Chesley who had crashed on a Las Vegas
highway.
Attorney Stephen Stubbs said his client, 29-year-old Chesley, was on
Interstate 15 on Tuesday morning when a taxi cut him off and he went
down.
Stubbs said Chesley was lying on the ground when he looked up and
recognised Tyson, who was yelling at people not to touch the injured
man.
"He (Chesley) thought he was hallucinating," Stubbs said. "He thought
he was in some other world."
Chesley, who had broken bones and torn ligaments, could still use his
right hand and snapped a cellphone picture of "Iron Mike". As soon as
paramedics arrived, Tyson "just left, like some kind of superhero,"
Stubbs said.
Tyson's assistant, Steve Lott, said the former fighter received a
fruit basket with a handwritten thank-you note from Chesley on Friday.
"Thank you so much for looking over me after my accident," said the
notes. "It has to be the most reassuring thing in the world to have
Mike Tyson telling people not to touch me."
Half the fruit in the basket had been consumed by Monday, Lott said,
and the pistachios were a particularly popular item.
Chesley will need surgery but has been released from the hospital, Stubbs said.
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