The story of the longest kidney transplant chain ever created

Look at hthese faces carefully. Each one of them has only one kidney. They have generously given their other kidney away. I read this story and it blew my mind! This is the most inspiring story I have ever come across. It is a must read...How do you give away a healthy part of your body – an organ, a kidney?  After reading the New York Times story of Chain 124, "the longest chain of kidney transplants ever constructed, linking 30 people who were willing to give up an organ with 30 who might have died without one,” I realised that this indeed is a small world. Although, the world seems big and we feel so far away from each other, we are or could all be connected in many ways. Isn’t that amazing?  

How the chain began

The chain began with Rick Ruzzamenti, who decided rather impulsively that he wanted to donate his kidney to someone in need. As the article reports, the donation chain's "momentum was then fueled by a mix of selflessness and self-interest among donors who gave a kidney to a stranger after learning they could not donate to a loved one because of incompatible blood types or antibodies. Their loved ones, in turn, were offered compatible kidneys as part of the exchange."

In other words, a wife who wanted to donate a kidney to her husband but couldn't because they were incompatible for whatever reason, donated a kidney to someone, and in return, her husband eventually would get a compatible kidney from someone else.