March 16, 2026, was worthy of celebration in the WBZ-TV newsroom. Four months and five days after assignment editor Andrea Courtois donated her kidney to photojournalist Jared Higginbotham, Jared returned to work. Hugs and applause marked his first day back in the office.
He felt healthy and energetic in a way he hadn’t for a very long time.
“I’d forgotten that I could be this person,” he explained. Jared suffered from chronic kidney disease for a decade and spent five years waiting for a transplant…