Real Life Hero Saves 2 Million Lives—Beat That, Superman!
What do you do when you have a rare type of blood? Save lives. Apparently, that is what 74-year-old Australian James Harrison decided to do when he found out that he had an antibody in his plasma that effectively battles Rhesus disease, a form of severe anaemia common in babies.
For over 50 years now, Harrison has been donating his blood to help mothers give birth to healthy babies, including his own daughter, Tracy. He began donating blood when he was 18 years old and has since then donated as much as 984 times. His blood was deemed so special that he was even insured for a million Australian dollars.
Hailed as the ‘man with the golden arm’, Harrison is a dedicated citizen fighting for a cure for the Rhesus disease, which has inflicted thousands of babies in Australia alone. Harrison is now estimated to have saved the lives of as much as 2.2 million babies.
(via Daily Mail)