Former pool rivals end feud after one donates kidney to save other’s life: ‘Kidney buddies for life’
Baltimore,Culture,Pennsylvania,Maryland,Lebanon,Las Vegas
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He was a good friend to have in his pocket. A Pennsylvania man who once blasted his pool rival in a bitter Facebook post handed his competitor the ultimate apology by giving him the “Cadillac of kidneys” a decade later. Russ Redhead discovered James Harris Jr. desperately needed a kidney while competing at a pool tournament and eventually donated the organ to his former foe on Feb. 8 at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. “James needed me to hold his hand,” Redhead, 42, said with a laugh...
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