Tom Cruise surprises British man for charity fundraising

Actor Tom Cruise surprised Lloyd Kembrey, a British facilities manager from the University of Bristol, to personally thank him for raising funds for the children’s hospice charity, Jessie May.

Kembrey undertook a series of extreme endurance challenges over the course of a year to honor his twin cousins, who passed away in their teens after being diagnosed with Sanfilippo disease type A. His feats included a 31-mile ice skating ultramarathon in Finland, climbing the equivalent height of Mount Everest on an artificial wall, and trekking 94 miles along England’s Jurassic Coast.

The surprise took place in London during a BBC ‘The One Show’ initiative. Cruise expressed his admiration for Kembrey’s adventures and invited him to the world premiere and royal film performance of his upcoming movie, ‘Digger’. Former Jessie May chief executive Daniel Cheesman noted that the funds raised will allow the charity to directly support children in their own homes.