Anthony Stokes, 17, got a heart transplant after initially being rejected due to his history of run-ins with the law. He was killed fleeing from the cops Tuesday.
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Transplant recipient Anthony Stokes, 17, died Tuesday when he crashed a stolen car he was driving while fleeing from cops — two years after receiving national attention over the circumstances surrounding his lifesaving surgery.
Doctors at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Hospital originally rejected Stokes’ bid for a transplant due to his history of bad behavior and “noncompliance.”
Suffering from heart disease in 2013 at age 15, Stokes had been given six to nine months to live.
But officials denied him a place on a transplant list due to his history of run-ins with the law and their view that he was not a “productive citizen,” according to family spokesman Mark Bell.
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At the time, Stokes explained that the operation would help straighten out his life.
His second chance was cut short Tuesday when he crashed while fleeing police who had tried to pull him over in Roswell, Ga.
Driving a Honda that he had allegedly carjacked from a shopping mall, the teen had kicked in an elderly woman’s front door and fired a gun at her as she watched television, authorities said.
The bullet missed — and she managed to flee and call police, an Atlanta TV station reported.
After neighbors gave officers a description of the car Stokes was driving, they spotted him a few minutes later and tried to pull him over.
He then led cops on a chase and struck a pedestrian as he tried to elude the law,
http://nypost.com/2015/04/01/teen-who-got-heart-transplant-dies-trying-to-flee-from-cops/
Teen who got heart transplant dies trying to flee from cops
By Chris Perez
New York Post
April 1, 2015 | 10:55pm
[From article]
Transplant recipient Anthony Stokes, 17, died Tuesday when he crashed a stolen car he was driving while fleeing from cops — two years after receiving national attention over the circumstances surrounding his lifesaving surgery.
Doctors at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Hospital originally rejected Stokes’ bid for a transplant due to his history of bad behavior and “noncompliance.”
Suffering from heart disease in 2013 at age 15, Stokes had been given six to nine months to live.
But officials denied him a place on a transplant list due to his history of run-ins with the law and their view that he was not a “productive citizen,” according to family spokesman Mark Bell.
[. . .]
At the time, Stokes explained that the operation would help straighten out his life.
His second chance was cut short Tuesday when he crashed while fleeing police who had tried to pull him over in Roswell, Ga.
Driving a Honda that he had allegedly carjacked from a shopping mall, the teen had kicked in an elderly woman’s front door and fired a gun at her as she watched television, authorities said.
The bullet missed — and she managed to flee and call police, an Atlanta TV station reported.
After neighbors gave officers a description of the car Stokes was driving, they spotted him a few minutes later and tried to pull him over.
He then led cops on a chase and struck a pedestrian as he tried to elude the law,
http://nypost.com/2015/04/01/teen-who-got-heart-transplant-dies-trying-to-flee-from-cops/
Teen who got heart transplant dies trying to flee from cops
By Chris Perez
New York Post
April 1, 2015 | 10:55pm
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