Donating a Real Heart on Valentine's Day Turns Into a Legacy Remembrance Day
The Legacy of Chad A. Moor
Valentine's Day 2000 -
Hi, it’s Carolyn Moor, Founder of Modern Widows Club. As many of you know, my late husband Chad died on Valentine's Day 2000 in a hit and run car crash. On that exact day, he donated his real heart to a matching donor, a gentleman who was near death named Greg from VA.
Two years later, I met Greg when he came to Orlando after exchanging letters anonymously during that time. It was an emotional gathering to say the least. He was the same age as Chad, 36, married for the same amount of time, 10 years, and had two small children the age of ours, two and four.
Chad donated all the many tissue and organs he could through TransLife organ and tissue donation, now known as OurLegacy. We had discussed this years before as a couple. But one thing Chad needed was whole blood during the short hours after the accident and struggling with the severe head trauma that took his life.
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