The Special Place In Hell Award: Thief Crashes Fundraiser for Boy, 9; Steals Cash

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Thief Crashes Fundraiser for Boy, 9; Steals Cash

Published November 27, 2010
| New York Post

A heartless thief is believed to have crashed a fund-raiser and made off with a bag of cash meant to help a New York City firefighter pay for life-changing surgery for his 9-year-old son.

But feisty little Aidan Sullivan -- who was born with a facial defect and no right ear -- yesterday put up a brave front, with a message for the crook: "I'm going to kick your butt!"

"I want to look normal," said Aidan, whose father, Tim, is a firefighter in the Bronx.

The third-grader has hemifacial microsoma, in which one half of the face doesn't develop correctly.

Last weekend, family friend Peter Drake, a Ridgefield, Conn., firefighter, hosted a fund-raiser, collecting between $8,000 and $9,000. But when the party at a Danbury, Conn., Irish cultural center was over, the money had disappeared.

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