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Emotional Clip Shows NJ Woman Meeting 9-Year-Old Girl She Saved With Bone Marrow Donation Emotional Clip Shows NJ Woman Meeting 9-Year-Old Girl She Saved With Bone Marrow Donation
Emotional Clip Shows NJ Woman Meeting 9-Year-Old Girl She Saved With Bone Marrow Donation A New Jersey woman met the young girl whose life she saved during a heartwarming reunion at the Gift of Life Marrow Registry’s One Huge Night Miami Gala this week. Sara Wells, a 25-year-old retail worker from Roselle Park shared an emotional first meeting with her transplant recipient, 9-year-old Natalie Hughes of Greenville, MS, at the annual event hosted by Gift of Life Marrow Registry on Monday, Nov. 18 (click here for video). Natalie was diagnosed with aplastic anemia at just five years old after her parents noticed unusual bruising. Her condition required a stem cell transplant to…

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