Mom breaks down in tears as she hugs the man who received her late daughter’s heart

Hugging Tom Johnson made Amber Morgan her feel close to her late daughter Andre’Ona Rae Williams.

A mother listened to her late daughter's heart beat again when she hugged the man who received it in a transplant surgery.

Williams was a registered organ donor, which Morgan learned after her daughter's death."That made me a proud mama," she says."She had a heart of gold.", 60% of the U.S. population are signed up as organ donors. Seventeen people die daily waiting for an organ transplant, officials say; every 10 minutes, a new person is added to the list.Courtesy Indiana Donor NetworkJohnson had waited for a heart since 2017.

With help from the Indiana Donor Network and Loyola University Medical Center, Johnson was able to send a letter to Morgan. In his letter, Johnson thanked Morgan for her blessing and described his bliss after gathering the strength to play soccer with his grandchildren after the transplant.Morgan says Johnson's letter was"beautiful."

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