Their athletic, vibrant and giving 22-year-old daughter had just collapsed while working out in the gym and gone into cardiac arrest. Doctors told them she was brain dead.
Chris Hankee, of Heidelberg Township, says she's grateful they didn't have to make a decision on that day in September 2007.
When Krysta Hankee got her driver's license at 16, she checked "yes" for organ donation. And when she renewed her license, she renewed that commitment.
"It was there," Chris Hankee said. "We knew that's what she wanted and we respected her wishes."
When Krysta Hankee died five days after she collapsed, her family gave the go-ahead for organ donation, allowing her to save five other lives through the donation. Her family is in contact with the recipients.
"It has been comforting knowing that she is helping others," her mother said.
'Beacons of hope'
On Jan. 1, Krysta Hankee will be one of 81 organ donors memorialized on the Donate Life Rose Bowl Parade Float. The year's float theme is "Light Up the World," encompassing recipients who "radiate gratitude and renewed life" and donors who "are beacons of hope to patients" who aspire to live longer, full lives, organizers said.
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