The mother, fiancée and young son of a young man who died suddenly heard his heart beat again inside the chest of the woman who received it.
David Rivera died of a brain bleed due to a rare blood clotting disorder in October 2017 when he was just 30 years old, reported NBC 7 San Diego.
Because he was a registered organ donor, his lung, liver, kidneys, tissue and heart went to recipients on transplant lists, saving five people's lives.
One of them was Sandra, a mother from Chula Vista who received his heart after suffering from cardiovascular disease for years.
Now two years later, as a sign of gratitude, she invited Rivera's family to hear his heart beat again.
Susan Amador (left), from San Diego, California, heard her late son David Rivera's heart beat for the first time since he died two years ago in Sandra (right), the woman who received it
Rivera, 30, died in October 2017 of a brain bleed due to a rare blood clotting disorder. Because he was a registered organ donor, his lung, liver, kidneys, tissue and heart went to recipients on transplant lists. Pictured, left and right: Rivera with his fiancée Kimmy Hoang and their son Josiah, now four
Rivera's mother, Susan Amador, told NBC 7 that Rivera loved the outdoors and spending time with his fiancée Kimmy Hoang and their son Josiah, now four.
'Everywhere he went, everything he did was about getting people together and making people feel special,' Amador told the station.
His family said
