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Strangers drove donor liver 800 miles after 9/11 groundings to save infant

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In 2001, a six-month-old named Kareena required an urgent liver transplant but was too ill to be moved from her Houston hospital. When the September 11 attacks grounded all US flights, a coordinated effort by volunteers and Tennessee National Guard members transported the donor liver nearly 800 miles by road from Nashville to Houston. The extraordinary relay ensured the organ reached Kareena in time for her life-saving surgery. Twenty-five years on, she has graduated from college and is now pursuing health policy studies in law school.

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