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Ten people are going to die today. Not from a car crash, gun shot, drug overdose, or any other accident, but because they didn't receive a life saving organ donation in time. The saddest thing about these deaths is that they are preventable. One life can save up to eight other lives through organ donations. One donor can improve 50 people's lives through corneal, bone, skin and other tissue transplants. Your heart, kidneys, liver, lungs, pancreas, cornea, bone marrow, bone cartilage, blood, blood platelets and small intestine can all be donated. Nearly 90,000 men, women, and children are waiting for organ transplantation in the United States today. In 2003, 6,271 patients were removed from the national waiting list for reason of death. Every thirteen minutes another name is added to an organ donation list.
By becoming an organ donor you can continue living through someone else. Especially in a tragic death becoming an organ donor can bring something good from something tragic. In......

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