ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A “hero.” That’s how family and friends are remembering 17-year-old Xaven Garcia. The Albuquerque teen died this week after running back into his house that was on fire to make sure his family was safe.
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‘He’s a hero to all of us:’ Albuquerque teen dies saving family from house fire
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A “hero.” That’s how family and friends are remembering 17-year-old Xaven Garcia. The Albuquerque teen died this week after running back into his house that was on fire to make sure his family was safe.
The gift of life
Blood is needed by women with complications during pregnancy and childbirth, children with severe anemia, accident victims, and surgical and cancer patients. There is a constant need for a regular supply of blood because it can be stored only for a limited time. Regular blood donation by enough healthy people is required to ensure that blood will always be available when and wherever it is needed.
Teen hero among dozens honored for life-saving organ donations in New Mexico
It’s been one month since an Albuquerque teenager died after saving his father from a house fire, but that wasn’t the only life he saved. On Tuesday night, he and dozens of others were honored for their organ donations.