Devastated mom hears recording of
son's donated heart beating inside teddy bear
Sandor Szabo's heart saved a father of two last year, who recorded his
new heart beating and put it inside a special bear for the man's grieving
mother. (SWNS)
A North Carolina mother mourning the loss of her 35-year-old son who was
killed in a fight over a cab in New York City last year has heard his heart
beating again inside a teddy bear gifted to her by a patient who received one
of his donated organs.
Sandor Szabo saved father of two Sean Moynihan with his donated heart.
Moynihan, 58, had been diagnosed with cardiomyopathy and was waiting for a
heart for over a year when he got the call, SWNS reported.
NORTH CAROLINA TEEN DIES OF SEVERE FLU-RELATED COMPLICATION, FAMILY SAYS
“I was happy and sad,” he told the news outlet. “I knew somebody had to
die for me to receive the heart. That was hard for me.”
Donna Kent met Sean Moynihan, who received her son's donated heart, in
Florida earlier this month. (SWNS)
Szabo’s mother, Donna Kent, had sent letters to all of her son’s organ
recipients and received one back from Moynihan in December. The pair finally
connected in Florida this month, where Moynihan presented Kent with the special
bear that had Szabo’s heartbeat recorded inside. She also listened to her son’s
heart beating inside Moynihan’s chest.
TEEN'S FOOT ATTACHED BACKWARD TO FORM NEW KNEE AFTER CANCER SURGERY
“I was shaking when I first met Sean,” she told SWNS. “I didn’t want my
son’s death to mean nothing because he was my everything. To see him with his
family and to know that we were a part of helping another family survive meant
so much.”
Moynihan, of New Jersey, said he felt immediately different after his
surgery, and has continued to improve every day.
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“It is senseless to leave your organs here when they can help someone,”
he told SWNS. “I seem to have no limitations now. I get stronger every day.”
02
Berlin's polar bear cub growing fast,
public debut soon
BERLIN — Berlin's Tierpark zoo says its polar bear cub is almost ready
to be introduced to visitors.
Zoo director Andreas Knieriem says that keepers are very satisfied with
the cub's development and Tonja is a good mother. Mother and daughter will
probably make their first appearance in the bears' outside enclosure — and see
visitors for the first time — in mid-March.
The Tierpark has the same management as Berlin's other zoo, which was
home a decade ago to celebrity polar bear.
03
To stay a ‘Bear for Life,’ Kyle Long
restructures his contract with the team
× To stay a ‘Bear for Life,’ Kyle
Long restructures his contract with the team
LAKE FOREST, Ill. — If there was any doubt before that he was a man who
put the team first, then Kyle Long proved it more with his move on Tuesday.
In an effort to free up more cap space to keep or acquire new players,
and assure that he would be with the franchise for the rest of his career, the
offensive guard agreed to a restructured contract on Tuesday.
Both Long and the Bears announced the move.
Terms of the restructuring were not released, but Long would have had an
$8.5 million hit against the cap this season per Sportrac. Long had signed a
four-year, $40 million deal in September of 2016, which had an opt-out after
the 2018 season.
Indeed, neither side will take that option, as Long assures he’ll be
with the Bears for the near future. With extra cap room, general manager Ryan
Pace now has a better shot at keeping free agents like safety Adrian Amos or
cornerback Bryce Callahan, or make a run for another player.
The Bears’ first round pick in 2013, Long made the Pro Bowl in his first
three seasons, doing so at guard in 2013 and 2014, then at tackle in 2015.
After missing one game in his first three seasons, injury woes crept in during
the 2016 season as an ankle injury limited him to just eight games.
A variety of ailments cost Long another six games in 2017 and put an end
to his season in November. A foot injury in late October against the Jets
knocked Long out for eight games before he returned for the season finale
against the Vikings, then the Wild Card game against the Eagles.
That painful loss won’t be the end of the guard’s career in Chicago, as
he made a move to stay a “Bear for life” on Tuesday.
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