‘Horrifying’ mistake to take organs from a living person was averted, witnesses say

At a hospital in Kentucky, a man who had been declared dead after a drug overdose was moving and visibly crying as he was prepped for surgery to donate his vital organs. The surgery was stopped, and the man is alive three years later.

‘Horrifying’ mistake to take organs from a living person was averted, witnesses say
TJ Hoover, left, in a recent picture with his sister, Donna Rhorer. In October 2021, Hoover was declared dead and on the brink of having his organs removed to be transplanted into other people. The surgery was halted in the operating room.

At a hospital in Kentucky, a man who had been declared dead after a drug overdose was moving and visibly crying as he was prepped for surgery to donate his vital organs. The surgery was stopped, and the man is alive three years later.

(Image credit: Hoover Rhorer Family)