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One Heart that Beats As Two

Annie Imes met the man who has their son's heart, Joseph LaGaipa at this year's Circle of Life Gala.

In different Newark hospitals, two men lay dying.

Family members gathered at their bedsides, helpless, distraught, praying for a miracle to reverse the inevitable.

What those relatives call a miracle did happen -- though, while it intimately involved both families, only one man survived.

"Still, I like to think my son is still alive in some way," says Annie Imes, looking across at a man who has become extraordinarily important to her. "My son lives because his heart beats inside that man right there."

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NJ Organ and Tissue Sharing Network:
Current Topics in Organ and Tissue Donation
23 min 16 sec - Jul 31, 2007

Dr. Max Gomez narrates this piece on current topics and issues in organ and tissue donation that helps to commemorate NJ Organ and Tissue Sharing Network's 20 years of saving lives. The video features tributes from donor families, transplant recipients, excerpts from a Round Table Discussion with NJ transplant "pioneers," living donors and recipients and an inside look at NJ Sharing Network's Transplant Lab. Click below to view.