Globetrotter Orlando Melendez visits young Ohio fire victim
Posted Mar 4, 2018
Orlando Melendez's basketball career has taken him through more than 70 different countries. But five days before he and the Harlem Globetrotters are set to storm Huntington, the Puerto Rican power forward known as "El Gato" traveled to the quiet stretch of Burlington, Ohio, on Friday to surprise a second-grade girl who's already had an extraordinary 2018.
(Huntington Herald-Dispatch)
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