Rose Parade Float to Honor Leawood, Missouri Accident Victim
A young Leawood, Missouri woman who lost her life in a car accident will be among those memorialized on the Rose Parade float belonging to Donate Life, an organization that advocates for and arranges organ donations. Following Rose Parade tradition, her portrait has been created using flowers and other organic materials, and this “floragraph” will appear on Donate Life's Rose Parade float this coming January.
The young woman lost her life in January of 2009 as she was driving on Interstate 435. She had a minor accident, which forced her to stop her car on the side of the interstate near Holmes Road. She was calling home for help when another driver hit her and her car, killing the young woman.
The woman's family made the decision to donate her organs based on a conversation she had had with her father as both of them were watching a news report on kidney transplants. Father and daughter made a reciprocal promise: if you die first, please do everything you can to make sure my organs are donated.
Hospital workers were able to preserve the woman's heart, kidneys, lungs, pancreas, and liver. The organs were transplanted successfully, saving several terminally ill people from an untimely death. The Leawood woman's portrait will join those of 72 other donors on the Rose Parade float.
Losing a family member in an accident is one of life's most painful events, especially when the death is caused by someone else's negligence or carelessness. If you or someone you love has been injured in a car accident, an experienced auto accident attorney in St. Louis at Page Law is ready to help. To discuss your case with us confidentially and free of charge, call us today at (314) 322-8515.
