A Minnesota woman has donated her kidney to a firefighter who had helped her daughter suffering a seizure nearly three years ago.
Bearville Township volunteer firefighter Bill Cox received the organ from Cook resident Becca Bundy in February, KARE-TV reports. Now retired, Cox, 66, is recovering with his wife, Terry.
The organ donation was prompted after Bundy saw Cox wearing a T-shirt asking for a donor while he was tending bar. In 2018, Cox was one of the firefighters who responded to a call at Bundy's concerning a seizure her 1-year-old daughter was having.
"He seemed to care, it wasn’t just another call,” Bundy told KARE.
"I thought that was a way I could certainly say thank you," she added.
The transplant surgery was at the University of Minnesota Medical Center. Before the operation, Cox gave Bundy an angel statue carved out of wood, and he and his wife have attended softball games that Bundy coaches.
“It is that lifetime bond that will never go away,” Bundy told KARE.
