Shortly after joining the Marines and scheduled for Boot Camp he lost his life by being hit by a fast-moving van. His parents donated, not only his organs (saving the lives of at least six people), but his face in what would become the most extensive face-transplant surgery ever performed to date. The young man receiving the transplant, Richard Norris, had been badly mutilated by a shotgun accident fifteen years earlier. The 36-hour surgery was performed by Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez at the R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland.
Source: NBC News "Dateline", June 28, 2013
Memorials: Bel Air Church of the Nazarene, 2430 Conowingo Rd., Bel Air, MD 21015
Source: NBC News "Dateline", June 28, 2013
Memorials: Bel Air Church of the Nazarene, 2430 Conowingo Rd., Bel Air, MD 21015
Shortly after joining the Marines and scheduled for Boot Camp he lost his life by being hit by a fast-moving van. His parents donated, not only his organs (saving the lives of at least six people), but his face in what would become the most extensive face-transplant surgery ever performed to date. The young man receiving the transplant, Richard Norris, had been badly mutilated by a shotgun accident fifteen years earlier. The 36-hour surgery was performed by Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez at the R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland.
Source: NBC News "Dateline", June 28, 2013
Memorials: Bel Air Church of the Nazarene, 2430 Conowingo Rd., Bel Air, MD 21015
Source: NBC News "Dateline", June 28, 2013
Memorials: Bel Air Church of the Nazarene, 2430 Conowingo Rd., Bel Air, MD 21015
