Lung transplant patient meets donor’s family for the first time

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By Elise Devlin

GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) – One family’s tragedy has turned into another family’s miracle. 

In March of 2021, Neil Patel went into cardiac arrest while driving and died in a car accident.

It was at the same time that Joe Robl was in desperate need of a new pair of lungs. About two days later, it was Patel’s donation that saved his life. Read the article on WSPA CBS 7 News.

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