The New York Times has a story today about Jason Ray, the former North Carolina mascot from Concord who was killed while walking along a Newark, N.J., road the last time the Tar Heels played in an NCAA tournament regional there, and the boy who received Ray's kidneys through organ donation.
An excerpt:
NEWARK, N.J. -- No one from this host city for the East Regional of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament will be rooting harder for North Carolina when it plays Marquette on Friday night at Prudential Center than Antwan Hunter. His love for the Tar Heels is practically a matter of life and death.
“The Lakers are my pro team, but when it comes to college basketball, I have this connection to North Carolina,” he said. “I will for the rest of my life.”
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Very inspirational story. Sounds like he was a good young man.
Organ donation is one of the greatest gifts of all.
Great story.
Thanks for sharing this story.
Wonderful way to start the weekend.
God bless all involved.
Inspirational!
Amazing...
God works in mysterious ways.
God is great!
Wow!
great story!
Everyone should be a donor.
poor young man, but he still lives on.
God is in control...
I knowww dat right!
Praise Allah!
Seems like just yesterday.
Go Heels!
And life goes on.
He's in a better place.
Only the good die young.
From here too eternity.
Amen!
God bless!
Hallelujah!
Glory too the King!
In God we trust.
Things will get better in time...
TIME WILL HEAL ANY PAIN!
we have been blessed.
Keep believing..
Words to live by.
Poor man
Out of bad came good.
I gave up hope a long time ago, and it worked out just fine.
Hooray for Hollywood!
Out with the old, and in with the new.
Parts is parts.
Alcohol, and then time, and then alot more alcohol, heals all wounds.
Staying off of highways as a pedestrian is a good way to stay alive such that there are no wounds to heal in the first place.
Booze is and always has been the answer!
ITS THE REST OF US THAT WILL MOURN THIS LOSS...
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