Teen heart transplant recipient dies in chase with the cops.

[skosh69]

So much fail here. I say the mom ought to be made to pay pack every last cent it took to perform the heart transplant. Somebody more deserving should've got that heart.

A suburban Atlanta teenager who received national attention two years ago after doctors turned down his request for a heart transplant was killed Tuesday in a high-speed police chase.

Anthony Stokes, 17, of Decatur, Georgia, received a transplant to replace his failing heart in August 2013 — but only after a hospital reversed its decision denying him a spot on the transplant list because of his brushes with the law.

Doctors rebuffed Stokes because he had a "history of noncompliance," and they did not think he would take his medications or show up for follow-up appointments, Stokes' mother said. The hospital changed its mind after his mother accused doctors of punishing her son for a history of run-ins with the law.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-co...-chase-n334001

[Riverpigusmc]

such a worthy expenditure of funds and talent

[jmlutz]

Originally Posted by Riverpigusmc

such a worthy expenditure of funds and talent

Exactly

[RKP]

Originally Posted by Riverpigusmc

such a worthy expenditure of funds and talent

Well put ...

[Caleb]

[Gatorade]

But the real question is was he an organ donor and could that heart fit into someone else?

[sdmc530]

This is really sad. What a selfish punk.

[milkmanjoe]

Originally Posted by Gatorade

But the real question is was he an organ donor and could that heart fit into someone else?

Dead on,,,,was he a donor. Maybe at least then his sorry ass saved a few people.