Vin Diesel Surprises 4-12 months-Outdated Fan After Leukemia Remedy

Vin Diesel simply made one younger fan’s desires come true!

The actor, 56, appeared at FuelFest on the Irwindale Speedway in Los Angeles on Saturday, June 1, when he met 4-year Colton Pursglove — who’s in remission from leukemia.

“Colton was so giddy and could not imagine he acquired to fulfill his actual life hero,” the kid’s mom, Jordan Pursglove, stated in a press release shared with PEOPLE.

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Final November, Jordan posted a photograph of her son dressed as Diesel’s movie character on Instagram.

“When your 4 yr previous watches Quick & Livid films on repeat and thinks he seems similar to Dom, you gotta gown him up as his favourite film character!” she wrote in her caption.

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The massive racing gathering — which is touring in the US and Tokyo this summer season — attracted 15,000 followers, in response to a press assertion.

It’s co-founded by Cody Walker, the brother of the late Quick & Livid star Paul Walker, and Chris Lee.

In response to the FuelFest web site, the occasion options “prime modified, unique, efficiency constructed, and uncommon vehicles from everywhere in the world,” together with dwell drifting and drag racing reveals.

The occasion lists Attain Out WorldWide, a nonprofit based by Paul that brings first responders and different professionals to catastrophe areas, as its official sponsor.

The actor, who died in 2013, based the group after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, which killed roughly 222,570 individuals, per the Nationwide Facilities for Environmental Info.

Final yr, Diesel paid tribute to his former costar on what would’ve been his fiftieth birthday.

“For me this image represents the second I knew we’d be brothers for eternity,” Diesel wrote in a publish on Instagram together with a photograph of the 2, as he recalled going to Haiti with him after the tragic occasion to assist with rescue and restoration efforts.

“January 2010, the night time earlier than you and I went to Haiti… the fervour and pleasure you needed to merely assist individuals. You stated first responders shouldn’t have to attend for anybody… and that you simply wished to dedicate your life to that,” he continued.

In November, Cody, 35, spoke with PEOPLE solely about how the Quick & Livid solid supplied their assist within the years following Paul’s tragic demise. 

“They had been all at my mother’s home instantly following the accident for a few days,” Cody stated on the time. “All of them flew in from Atlanta or wherever they had been, and it actually meant quite a bit.”