Birmingham Airport was shut November 19th due to a crash of a private aircraft that was carrying a liver for transplant to Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The aircraft was traveling from Belfast to Birmingham. Two men are recovering after the crash. The silver-lining is that liver was indeed transplanted successfully!
This brings me to reflect on the number of people it takes to pull together a transplant. Aircraft personal are just two of the vast number. My brother's heart was also flown in, to Toronto. October 26th, 2010 was a stormy night in Ontario. His transplant was delayed by three hours as the aircraft had diffiuculty with take-off. With only an eight hour window to get the donor organ into a donor recipient, timing was tight. Let's not foget the pilots who likely risked their lives to ensure Michael's organ arrived in time! Thanks xo
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11802997
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