A man was able to receive a life-saving surgery thanks to a T-shirt he worse at Walt Disney World.
The story of how Robert Leibowitz found a kidney donor went viral back in December, when a total stranger saw a photo on Facebook and volunteered to donate a kidney. Now a month later, he is recovering and grateful for the live-saving donation.
The 60-year-old had suffered from chronic kidney disease and knew his time was running out. So he made a shirt to wear on his trip to Orlando: “In need of a kidney. O positive. Call 917-597-2651.”
Leibowitz said his 14-year-old daughter came up with the idea of the shirt, thinking that wearing it at Disney would give him maximum exposure.
One woman took a photo of the shirt, and it quickly went viral, getting over 91,000 shares on Facebook.
Kidney donors often wait years for a match, but Leibowitz found his match in just a matter of months, and it was all thanks to that shirt he wore at the happiest place on earth.