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Looters stole woman’s signed Michael Jordan jersey. Jordan surprised her with a gift.

Related Topics: Dunn County

NBA great Michael Jordan has sent a signed replacement jersey to a woman whose original one was stolen by looters from her family’s burned Wisconsin home.

The Dunn County (Wisc.) Sheriff’s Office reported Jordan’s good deed on its Facebook page on Tuesday.

The woman, now 28 and living in the Chicago area, was an an ailing 6-year-old girl in the 1990s when Jordan signed one of his red No. 45 Chicago Bulls jerseys for her. Jordan now owns the Charlotte Hornets.

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