NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Carmelo Anthony gave a Brooklyn teen with cancer a Christmas gift he’ll never forget Sunday.
Just before the Knicks played the Celtics, Anthony stunned 17-year-old Jarell Lara by presenting him with a 2017 Kia Sorenton in the Madison Square Garden parking garage.
Lara suffers from Langerhans cell histiocytosis, a rare form of cancer. He completed 18 months of chemotherapy treatment earlier this year, and his cancer is in remission.
The gift was a combined effort from Anthony’s foundation, the Garden of Dreams Foundation and Kia.
Lara’s mother, Anne, cried uncontrollably as Anthony handed the keys to the vehicle to Lara, who was wearing a No.