When a teacher from Rockland County found herself in desperate need of a new kidney, a clue for her perfect match was sitting right in her classroom.
A Mount Vernon police officer on dialysis following kidney failure wants to return to work and is able to on modified duty, but instead, the department is terminating him, ending his health benefits.
Tragically, no one in Mangold's family shared his blood type, which complicated his desperate search for a kidney donor in his final days.
Former Jets center Nick Mangold, battling chronic kidney disease since a 2006 diagnosis for a rare genetic disorder, went public Tuesday with his need for a kidney transplant.
More than 100,000 people are on the U.S. transplant list, as an alternative, scientists are genetically altering pigs so their organs are more humanlike.
A first responder from New Jersey who is used to saving lives, now is looking for a lifeline.