53°

Monday, nov 25

Tag:

Brian Cooney

Lifestyle

Thanks To Big-Hearted Long Island Cop, Mets Legend Receives New Kidney And A Chance At Life

Thanks To Big-Hearted Long Island Cop, Mets Legend Receives New Kidney And A Chance At Life

Thanks To Big-Hearted Long Island Cop, Mets Legend Receives New Kidney And A Chance At Life Thanks to the big-hearted actions of a Long Island Port Authority Police Officer, Mets legend Ed Kranepool has a new kidney, The road to the new kidney for the 1969 Miracle Mets star is a long one that started when Officer Brian Cooney, 45, a diehard Yankees fans, heard about how desperately kidneys were needed across the country, said the New York Daily News. That when the cop who patrols LaGuardia Airport, a lifelong blood donor, decided to start the matching process and ended up becoming a donor for a Long Island firefighter that then sparked a donor chain that led directly to Kranepool …

by Kathy Reakes

05/10/2019