Tony Hawk, FedEx driver make metro Atlanta boy’s dream come true

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — A metro Atlanta boy got a special shoutout and a new skateboard from his favorite athlete Tony Hawk all thanks to his FedEx driver.

The driver, whose story went viral on TikTok and Imgur, said he was on his delivery route in Suwanee, Georgia, when a boy around 7 or 8 years old came running up to his truck.

“He’s like, ‘Excuse me! Excuse me!’ so I pull over and I’m like, ‘Hey man, what’s up?’ And he’s like, ‘Can you mail something for me?’" the driver explained in the video.

He said the boy, whose name is Cooper, then gave him a skateboard and asked him if he could send it to Hawk. The board had Cooper’s name written on one end and Hawk’s on the other.

“His mom comes outside and kinda winks and is like, ‘Yeah, make sure you get it to Tony Hawk,’” the driver said in his post.

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Not knowing Hawk’s address, the driver decided to take it to the internet to see what he could do. Thousands of people watched the video, including Hawk himself.

Hawk responded to the video on TikTok, thanking Cooper for the skateboard and sending the driver his address so he could put it in the mail.

He then told Cooper that as a thank you, he would be sending Cooper his skateboard -- “The one that I’m riding right now.”

“Thanks buddy. I hope to meet you sometime,” Hawk said as he closed out the video.

Good Morning America spoke with the driver, Mikail Farrar, about everything coming together for Cooper.

“I didn’t expect Tony Hawk to respond,” Farrar told “Good Morning America.” “Money and fame didn’t change him whatsoever. He jumped all over this and responded so quick.”

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