The Heart You Gave Back Came Too Late
Language: en
On the way to the hospital, someone shoved a survey into my hands. [What moment in your life would you most want to go back to?] I thought for a few seconds, then put pen to paper. [I want to go back to the day of the New York pile-up. I want to stop the doctors from saving me.] The girl next to me read my answer and gasped. "I heard only nine people survived that crash. Why would you want to stop them from saving you?" I pressed my hand to the transplanted heart in my chest and looked up at the largest screen on the building across the street. It was playing footage of Ethan Shelton…