10-year-old swept into storm drain to become an organ donor, dad says

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10-year-old swept into storm drain to become an organ donor, dad says - Lemmy.World

A 10-year-old boy who was swept into a storm drain while helping his family clean up storm debris [https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/video/new-round-tornadoes-slam-heartland-110062389] is being kept on life support so that his organs can be donated [https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/family/video/mom-listens-sons-heart-organ-donor-recipient-55532383], according to his father. The boy, Asher Sullivan, “officially passed away” on May 18, but remains on life support to facilitate the organ donation process, his dad, Jimmy Sullivan, wrote in a Facebook post. “It’s 100% an ‘Asher’ type thing to do in continuing to be selfless,” Sullivan shared  [https://www.facebook.com/jjsvandy052/posts/pfbid0Mv2g1qQMz7T6gsZy6gj7gM7qzU82rCNXDmu27b7MY9nf3UKRR8VxJ1Xpno9P3DMgl] on Facebook. “He will have an honor walk at the hospital in the next few days and be celebrated as he is, a hero!”

The kid is going to save a lot of other lives by being an organ donor. I have no idea why people would opt out of being a donor.

People are convinced that if you are an organ donor doctors let you die on purpose.

People are morons.

If you’re in the sort of country where people will kill you for your organs, I don’t think they’re in the habit of asking permission first…