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Despite their professional connections to the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets, Lindy as a communications specialist for the organization and Aaron Portzline as a beat writer covering the team, the two didn’t know each other well. But now they are forever linked as Lindy turned out to be Aaron’s lifesaver – a living organ donor when Aaron needed a kidney transplant. Aaron said, “Lindy has handed me a microphone during press conferences probably hundreds of times, I never thought she’d hand me an organ.” After receiving dialysis for months, Aaron reluctantly turned to his followers on social media to share that he needed a transplant. His message deeply touched Lindy, who carried a sense of helplessness from losing her father to esophageal cancer in 2018. “There was no donation to save (my dad’s) life,” she said. “This felt like something I could do to make a difference in someone else’s life.” Lindy decided to join many others in getting tested for organ donation and found out after multiple rounds of testing she was the perfect match for Aaron. Lindy surprised Aaron with the news at a Blue Jackets video shoot, and soon after, a successful transplant procedure gave Aaron a new kidney and new lease on life. Lindy’s sacrifice and kindness inspired many who tracked this story of selflessness both in Columbus and around the country.

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