12 Year Old Takes Own Life to Donate Organs

fourstringdrums · #1 07-08-2011, 06:11 PM

Girl ends life to give eyes to dad and kidney to her brother but is cremated before wish is known | Mail Online

15000volts · #2 07-08-2011, 06:26 PM

that's just..where to begin even trying to express what i felt while reading that. and the thoughts on the girl's mind to such a thing... i think words can't even describe this whole story properly

Selta · #3 07-08-2011, 06:32 PM

Wow... I'm not even sure what to say really.

Datsgor · #4 07-08-2011, 06:56 PM

Let's forget about how she died for a second. OK, now she is dead. Why wouldn't they use the organs instead of cremation even without a note of intent? I mean, if two of the family menbers needed organs, you would think the doctor would think about it. I think it's possable the poison she drank made the organs unharvestable. Strange and sad indeed.

fourstringdrums · #5 07-08-2011, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Datsgor

Let's forget about how she died for a second. OK, now she is dead. Why wouldn't they use the organs instead of cremation even without a note of intent? I mean, if two of the family menbers needed organs, you would think the doctor would think about it. I think it's possable the poison she drank made the organs unharvestable. Strange and sad indeed.

The article says that cremation is a tradition and in that country I'm sure it wasn't even thought of.

Kwesi · #6 07-08-2011, 08:40 PM

I heard the story was fake, not sure if the source was credible. If it is real, it's a really sad one

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i_got_a_mohawk · #7 07-08-2011, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Ray Salamon

Wow... I'm not even sure what to say really.

+1

fourstringdrums · #8 07-08-2011, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Kwesi

I heard the story was fake, not sure if the source was credible. If it is real, it's a really sad one

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I actually found the story on the Snopes forum. I have to go back and see if it was one of the admins who posted it.

*edit* It was an admin.