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NBA Champ Pollard Shares Indy 500 Parade Float with Heart Donor's Family
- NBA champion and former "Survivor" contestant Scot Pollard was honored as the Grand Marshal for the Indianapolis 500 Festival Parade this past Saturday, where he also reunited with Casey Angell’s family—the donor whose heart now keeps Pollard alive.
- Pollard received a life-saving heart transplant last winter after a virus weakened his heart, leaving him virtually bedridden by 2024, which led him to dedicate himself to raising organ donation awareness.
- Pollard met Angell’s family, who lost Casey and donated his heart along with kidneys and corneas, and has spoken widely to promote donation including at a recent heart transplant convention, receiving standing ovations.
- Pollard expressed in a phone conversation with The Associated Press that being with Angell’s family is always a special and meaningful experience.
- Pollard’s public role and media attention aim to honor Casey’s sacrifice and inspire others to consider organ donation, with Pollard reflecting on survivor’s guilt and the challenge to "live right" after receiving the gift.
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NBA champ Pollard shares Indy 500 parade float with heart donor's family
Scot Pollard was standing in Gasoline Alley at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, trying not to cry.
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NBA champ, 'Survivor' contestant Scot Pollard shares Indy 500 parade float with heart donor's family
Scot Pollard is serving as the Grand Marshal of the Indy 500 Festival Parade this weekend. The former Kansas star and NBA champion has been working to raise awareness of organ donation ever since he received a life-saving heart transplant.
NBA champ, ‘Survivor’ contestant Scot Pollard shares Indy 500 parade float with heart donor’s family
Scot Pollard was standing in Gasoline Alley at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and trying not to cry. The NBA champion and “Survivor” contestant was talking about meeting the family of Casey Angell, whose heart was now beating inside Pollard’s chest. Angell’s sister brought a stethoscope. “She touched my chest. She listened and she started crying. She said, ‘Hey, Bubba,’ because that’s what she used to call him,” Pollard said. “And we all lost i…
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