Albany, NY (News10) — “What a special thing to do for somebody else. And that’s Liam. That’s who he was.”
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Those words were spoken to a crowd at the funeral service for beloved Siena Lacrosse Coach Liam Gleason earlier this month. Friends and family who were there said Gleason wanted to be an organ donor.
It was the last thing Gleason did before he passed away.
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“A single organ donor can give a lifesaving organ transplant to up to eight people,” said Mike Thibault, Executive Director Center for Donation and Transplant. “Coach Gleason was able to save the lives of four people through a very, very generous gift of organ donation. These are people that without a transplant plan, will not survive.”
The Center for Donation and Transplant is a federally designated organ procurement center that services eastern Upstate New York and western Vermont…