Na 22-year-old boy, Aaron Avery, wey just start new job as security for SoFi Stadium for World Cup, don die after driver hit am as e dey walk go house. Im family talk say e bin dey im second day for work as security officer when di crash happun for Van Ness Avenue for Monday. E die di next day.
Im auntie, Norma Quinn, talk say, “I dey crushed because dis na di last tin wey we for ever think go happen. E just young.”
For Saturday, im relatives gather for OneLegacy for Azusa to honor Aaron by donating im organs. Staff line di hallway as doctors wheel im body enter operating room, while family members dey tok dia goodbye. Aaron don give im heart, lungs, liver and kidneys.
OneLegacy talk say im donation fit save up to eight lives. Blanca Cohen from OneLegacy say, “Dere be over 100,000 folks across di nation, nearly 19,000 Californians, wey dey wait for life-saving organ. Unfortunately, too many folks dey die each day wey dey wait for dat gift.”
Di need dey especially great among Black patients. Last year, Black Americans make up 27% of candidates for national transplant waitlist, with most dey wait for kidneys, while only 15% of registered donors na Black. Experts talk say one common barrier for people of color to become organ donors na historic medical distrust.
Aaron family talk say dem find comfort for knowing say im generosity go fit help oda people. Im auntie Quinn say, “I know dis na our final goodbye but at di same time, I know say sometin good go come out of am. Dem go get part of am and maybe e go turn dem into gamers. Haha.”
Di family talk say di driver wey hit Aaron don dey detained for possibly driving under influence. Dem create GoFundMe to help cover im final medical expenses.
