Syracuse N.Y. article about C.R.'s Diane Langton and kidney recipient who died

Jim Wilson, Jr. died this week after cardiac arrest:

... On June 13, 2003, Diane Langton e-mailed the Wilsons. She had read about what happened and wanted to help.Cedar Rapids is Langton's hometown. She and her husband were born and raised there, and it pained her to have the city associated with the Wilsons' heartache.She was healthy, her blood type matched Jim Jr.'s, and she, too, had a son the same age as Jim Jr. "(I) would certainly wish that someone would volunteer to help save his life if necessary," she wrote the family.In a four-hour surgery March 16, 2004, doctors at University Hospital removed Langton's left kidney and placed it in Jim's body. The surgery was a success.The Wilsons called Langton an angel.Langton, who now has five grandchildren, said she always felt this is something God wanted done. ...

Diane Langton is Assistant Librarian here at The Gazette.

Cedar Rapids is Langton's hometown. She and her husband were born and raised there, and it pained her to have the city associated with the Wilsons' heartache.

She was healthy, her blood type matched Jim Jr.'s, and she, too, had a son the same age as Jim Jr. "(I) would certainly wish that someone would volunteer to help save his life if necessary," she wrote the family.

In a four-hour surgery March 16, 2004, doctors at University Hospital removed Langton's left kidney and placed it in Jim's body. The surgery was a success.

The Wilsons called Langton an angel.

Langton, who now has five grandchildren, said she always felt this is something God wanted done. ...