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  • A ‘selfless’ high school principal donated bone marrow to stranger. Then he fell into coma and died.

    04/10/2019 10:54:28 AM PDT · by Tired of Taxes · 37 replies
    The Washington Post / MSN ^ | 4-10-19 | Antonia Farzan
    Shortly before undergoing surgery so that he could donate bone marrow to a 14-year-old boy in France, Derrick Nelson, a high school principal in Westfield, N.J., granted an interview to a student journalist. “If it’s just a little bit of pain for a little bit of time that can give someone years of joy,” he told her, “it’s all worth it.” In October, an organization that connects people suffering from life-threatening diseases with potential bone marrow donors had contacted the principal after he showed up as a potential match for the French patient. When follow-up testing confirmed the match, the...