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Hero's Gift of Life

July 25, 2011

After getting soldier’s heart, woman befriends his mom, comrades

By Janelle Walker Sun-Times Media

Jill Stephenson never talked to her son, Ben Kopp, about whether he’d want to donate his organs when he died.

It isn’t something a mother — particularly a single mother of one son — ever wants to think about, said Stephenson, of Rosemount, Minn. Even after her son enlisted in the Army and became a Ranger stationed in Afghanistan, they did not discuss his final wishes.

On July 10, 2009, 21-year-old Ben Kopp was hit by an IED in Afghanistan. He was transported to Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C., where he was declared brain dead eight days later.

Before he was deployed, Kopp had agreed to be an organ donor. That saved the life of Winnetka’s Judy Meikle.

Watch the video here:

http://nation.foxnews.com/military/2011/07/25/heros-gift-life

Read more: http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/6481181-423/after-getting-soldiers-heart-woman-befriends-his-mom-comrades.html#ixzz1TWW4WkpC

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