Charlotte, N.C. — Carolyn Glaspy, the mother of former NFL player Chris Henry, stands with the four organ recipients, from left, James Benton, Brian Polk, Tom Elliott and Donna Arnold.

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Charlotte, N.C. — Carolyn Glaspy holds a high school portrait of son Chris Henry, who played for the Cincinnati Bengals.

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Charlotte, N.C. — Carolyn Glaspy hugs Brian Polk, 33, a dump truck driver who received one of Chris Henry’s kidneys. He would have died without the transplant.

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Charlotte, N.C. — Carolyn Glaspy listens to her son’s lungs breathe inside the chest of Tom Elliott. He had once been given three to five years to live, but now can walk a mile.

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Charlotte, N.C. — Carolyn Glaspy shakes hands with Tom Elliott as Brian Polk, left, and Donna Arnold, right, look on. All three received at least one organ from Glaspy's son.

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Charlotte, N.C. — Ashley Benton, the daughter of organ recipient James Benton, tears up during the meeting at the Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, N.C. Her father, once left bed-ridden by progressive liver disease, received Henry’s liver about a year ago.

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Charlotte, N.C. — Donna Arnold, 51, a diabetic with failing kidneys, received Henry’s kidney and pancreas. "I’m so blessed.... Thanks for giving us all another chance," she said to Chris Henry's mother.

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Charlotte, N.C. — Brian Polk says he feels like he’s 23 instead of 33. He jogs and swims and lifts weights, and is now a vegetarian whose weight, once a life-threatening 400 pounds, is down to 280.

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Charlotte, N.C. — Tom Elliott, who once had been given three to five years to live, received Chris Henry's lungs. He can now walk a mile and ride a bike.

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Charlotte, N.C. — James Benton, once left bed-ridden by progressive liver disease, received Chris Henry's liver.

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Charlotte, N.C. — Surgeon John Greene worked on former NFL player Chris Henry when he arrived at the hospital after he was thrown from the back of a pickup truck in December 2009.

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Charlotte N.C. — Transplant surgeon Lon Eskind at Carolinas Medical Center removed Chris Henry's liver.

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Charlotte, N.C. — Dan Hayes, medical director of the transplant program at Carolinas Medical Center.

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