An 11-Year-Old Boy Who Dreamed of Magic Saved 3 Lives and Became a Star in the Sky

An 11-year-old elementary school student who became brain dead due to a traffic accident saved three lives through organ donation before passing away.

According to the Korea Organ and Tissue Donation Agency on the 21st, boy A (11) donated his liver and both kidneys through brain-dead organ donation at Busan National University Hospital on the 14th.

On the morning of the 3rd, around 8:20 a.m., A was crossing the crosswalk at the Jangcheon-dong intersection in Jinhae-gu, Changwon-si, on his way to school when he was hit by a city bus. He was transported to the hospital and treated but did not recover and fell into a brain-dead state.

A, the donor, wrote this when he was in the 4th grade of elementary school. / Photo by Korea Organ and Tissue Donation Agency

The family decided to donate, believing that A did not leave the world immediately after the accident because he wanted to give love to those around him.

They also said that their son, who had lived more diligently than anyone else for 11 years, would have wanted to leave a mark on the world, even if briefly, and to pass on a positive influence to those around him.

Born as an only child, A was born at 24 weeks and spent 100 days in the neonatal intensive care unit. The family lovingly raised their son who was born after hardship, and A grew into a kind and gentle child who knew how to approach friends first.

A’s mother gave her final farewell, saying, “Thank you so much for being born as my son. I promised I would protect you until the end, but I’m sorry I couldn’t keep that promise. In your next life, I pray that you are born with the best body you desire and achieve the dreams you couldn’t fulfill in this life. My son, born to be loved. I love you.”

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