- An 11-year-old girl has saved the lives of 8 people after her death
- The girl's organs were donated to save the lives of others after she died from a wound caused by a stray bullet
- She was the victim of gang warfare in her Chicago neighborhood
An
11-year-old girl in Chicago, US, has saved the lives of 8 people,
including her cousin, after passing away from a wound caused by a stray
bullet.
Takiya Holmes (left) saved the lives of 8 people, including her cousin Darvece Monson (right)
Takiya
Holmes was struck by a stray bullet during a gang gunfight in her
Chicago neighborhood. Her family immediately took her to hospital but
doctors pronounced her dead soon thereafter.
However,
they put her body on life support to keep her organs as fresh as
possible after her grief-stricken mother, Naikeeia Williams, and the
rest of her family expressed a wish to donate them to save the lives of
others in need of organ transplants.
Antwan Adams, 19, was charged with killing Takiya
One
of the recipients of the organs was Takiya's cousin, Darvece Monson,
who was suffering from a chronic kidney ailment and needed a transplant
urgently.
Darvece expressed her bittersweet
gratitude—she was sad because she had lost her cousin but grateful at
the same time for a second chance at life.
Police have arrested a 19-year-old man, Antwan Adams, and are charging him with the first-degree murder of Takiya Holmes.
For a detailed news report on this tragic story, see the video below.
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