The winter storms that hit just before the holidays canceled hundreds of flights across the country. For one man, the flight cancelations were more than just an inconvenience: they cost him a second chance at a healthy life. FOX13
On Dec. 22, Patrick Holland got a call from the U.W. Medicine Heart Institute, saying they found a match for his heart transplant.
Holland had his first heart attack at age 29, and since then, he’s had six bypass surgeries. Now in his late 50s, he’s battling congestive heart failure as he raises his seven children. But more than the clock was working against him: some of the worst winter weather the West Coast has seen was closing in.
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