Hundreds of organ recipients pay tribute to donors at St. Patrick’s Cathedral

By DALE W. EISINGER and RICH SCHAPIRO

A Bronx woman who received the gift of sight brought tears to the eyes of hundreds Saturday when she delivered a soaring speech honoring the anonymous donor who changed her life.

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"I wake up every morning grateful — grateful to see the beauty of a new day," Noemi Castro-Feinstein said to a gathering of fellow transplant recipients, family members and donors at St. Patrick's Cathedral . . .

A new teenage cause: Organ donation

BY TIM BRENNAN

(Nephew of kidney recipient and TRIO board member Betsy Morrisey)

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(CNN )As a 16-year-old in New York state, there are a lot of things I cannot do. I can't join the Army, I can't get a driver's license, I can't vote, and I can't drink. But there's one thing I can do. I can register to become an organ donor, something that before February 14, 2017, no 16-year-old in New York could do. Last year, New York joined 47 other states in the nation that allow 16-year-olds to register as organ donors. Due to the recent legislation from Albany, high schoolers can now help a cause greater than themselves: the organ donation crisis . . .

Organ Donors And Recipients Gather At St. Patrick’s To Celebrate The Gift Of Life

ANDREW FALZON -- NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Organ, eye and tissue donors along with recipients and families came together at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Saturday to celebrate the gift of life.

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"I was diagnosed with PSC which is primary sclerosing cholangitis," Andy Bratton said. "It's a progressive disease, that eventually you have to have a new liver. There is no cure," he said. His only option was a liver transplant . . . 

Thankful Liver Kid Salutes All Donors

BY ERIN CALABRESE

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Thousands of organ recipients gathered at St. Patrick’s Cathedral yesterday with donors and the families of donors – and listened to one young recipient tell how grateful she is for getting the gift of life.

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Gillian Cohen, a 9-year-old liver recipient, lit up the majestic house of worship during the Transplant Recipients International Organization’s 12th annual Remember and Rejoice service . . .

Transplant Linked Families Sharing Their Pain And Joy

BY ERIN CALABRESE

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It was a Mother’s Day that the parents of Baby Jordan – the miracle heart-transplant recipient who turns 6 months old tomorrow – won’t ever forget.

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On that day, Jeff and Sadaf Trimarchi, Jordan’s parents, and the mother of the baby whose heart now beats strongly in Jordan’s chest, prayed together at St. Patrick’s Cathedral during a special service for organ donors . . .