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Kansas Man Travels to Israel to Give Kidney to 10-Year-Old Jewish Boy

(AP/Kansas City Star) Eric Swim was surfing on the Internet in June when he stumbled across the story of a 10-year-old Jewish boy from Israel who was in desperate need of a kidney transplant. Swim, 38, returned Sunday from Israel with one less kidney and the thanks of the many Israelis he met. "It's a humbling thing when a Holocaust survivor comes up to you and says 'you're a big hero,'" said Swim, who works in a Marysville, Kan., hospital. The organ recipient, Moshiko Sharon, who had waited for a compatible kidney donor for more than a year, is doing well.
2004-10-20 00:00:00
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