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Love that lives on: Man reunites with donor’s family after heart transplant
Duewy Scobee survived severe heart failure with a transplant from Roc, a 28-year-old donor who died in a crash, and reunited with Roc’s family in 2025.
- Updated Feb 16, 2026, Duewy Scobee traveled to Pennsylvania in 2025 to meet Roc’s loved ones after his transplant that saved his life.
- By transplant time Duewy Scobee’s heart was pumping about 2 to 3% while supported by an Impella device, after being diagnosed in 2024 with congestive heart failure, leaky valves, and bundle branch block.
- Patty Briggs’s nephew, Roc, was killed in a serious car accident, and Roc was 28, which Duewy Scobee said made accepting the donation emotionally hard.
- For Roc’s family, the reunion offered comfort that his legacy continues, and both families say Valentine’s Day now carries deeper meaning honoring Roc.
- Amid Valentine’s Day, both families emphasized the donation’s emotional weight, and Scobee said it ‘really bothers’ him that someone had to die for him to get better.
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Love that lives on: Man reunites with donor’s family after heart transplant
“It was really hard for me to receive his heart because he was 28,” the recipient said. “And I have a son that’s 27. It really bothers you that, you know, somebody had to die for you to get better.”
·Kansas City, United States
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