Michael Jordan Surprises Longtime Wilmington Teacher in Hospice Care

Michael Jordan made a beloved high school staffer's final wish come true while she lay in hospice

NBA legend Michael Jordan is known as one of the most ruthless competitors ever to step foot on a basketball court. But he also understands that success isn’t everything, and that it all works toward fulfilling a greater life purpose. “To be successful, you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you reach your highest level, you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch,” he once said.  Jordan recently showed that he h…

Michael Jordan surprises longtime Wilmington teacher in hospice care

Michael Jordan’s time at Laney High School may be decades in the past, but his impact on Wilmington’s largest public high school and the surrounding community continues to be felt. Longtime Laney teacher Ms. Etta, who spent more than 40 years at the school, including during Jordan’s time there in the 1980s, had one final wish after entering hospice care with Lower Cape Fear LifeCare on May 11: reconnect with her former student one more time. Spe…

Michael Jordan Surprises His High School Teacher In Hospice Care

Source: James Gilbert / Getty After six championships, running one of the most successful sneaker brands, and now leading a title-winning NASCAR team, Michael Jordan still has time for an old high school teacher, Ms. Etta.   Back on May 11, Ms. Etta entered end-of-life care at Lower Cape Fear LifeCare in North Carolina. While in hospice, she mentioned that her dying wish would be to reconnect with Jordan, her former student, and “hug Michael’s n…

Michael Jordan fulfills dying teacher’s final wish with heartfelt FaceTime call

One of the greatest basketball players of all time, Michael Jordan, gave his former high school teacher a memorable surprise. Upon learning that he was in hospice care and that her last wish was to speak to him one more time, the athlete did not hesitate at all Mrs. Etta, who taught the legendary basketball player at Laney High School in North Carolina, now spends her days in a palliative care facility. Reminiscing about the past, she revealed t…