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'Hero' Gives Kidney to Stranger

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02 Jan 2011 56 views
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'Hero' Gives Kidney to Stranger
A California woman enters the new year with renewed health, thanks to a man she had never even met. Without knowing her name, a Chico State University professor had given Linda Pickens, 57, one of his kidneys, reviving her and saving her from years of dialysis.

A California woman enters the new year with renewed health, thanks to a man she had never even met.

Without knowing her name, Jim Claflin of Chico had given Linda Pickens, 57, one of his kidneys, reviving her and saving her from years of dialysis.

The Chico State University geography professor simply wanted to give, deciding last year to donate a kidney without knowing who the recipient would be.

(READ the story in the Times-Herald)

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