Gee, that story really has heart... But I'm glad there were no pictures, don't know if I could stomach that. ;-)
-Ben > > http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_767292.html > > > > Jewish and Arab families swap kidneys > > "A Jewish and an Arab family have > > swapped kidneys in an unusual > > organ donation." > > > > Yigal Azari, 38, gave one of his kidneys to Ilia > > Haloun, 45, from the Arab-Israeli town of Akko, and > > Azari's 10-year-old son Ron in turn received a kidney > > from Haloun's wife Lina. > > > > Both Mr Azari and Mr Haloun were unable to donate > > their kidney to their own relatives because their > > blood was incompatible. > > > > Both families shook hands for the first time at the > > Rambam hospital in Haifa, the Ma'ariv daily reported. > > > > "It doesn't matter whether you are Jewish or Arab, the > > important thing is to save lives," said Mr Haloun. > > > > "I hope that all Israeli citizens will see our deed as > > a positive message," he added. > > > > Mr Azari added: "As far as we are concerned, the > > Halouns have become our family. My kidney is in Ilia > > and his wife's kidney is in my son." > > > > > > Story filed: 10:47 Friday 4th April 2003 > > > > > > > > > > > > -----------------------------------------~-~> > > ShomerNet changes via email: > > Switch to digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Switch to normal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Stop receiving mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Permanently unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------------_-> > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
