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they made plans to go to on a date - where rich opened up to jennifer about erika bragan (bray-gen) -- his best friend's wife. the 47-year-old mother of two, suffering from a rare kidney disease - and in desperate need of a transplant after being on the list for nearly three years? sot - rich o'dea, friend of the bragans jenn had such a positive response to talking about erika and her family and she seemed genuinely interested in helping out in any way she could. sot - jennifer thomas, donor all that happened was we had a conversation about it. just a few days after that date?rich telling erika and her husband scott-about a complete stranger willing to help. sot -- erika bragan one day he casually mentioned that there was someone who had come forward and would be tested in the end - rich and jennifer didn't turn out to be the perfect match?but after months of testing? jennifer and erika turned out to be?for a kidney donation? sot -- jennifer thomas, donor it feels incredible to be able to help. erika - set to get her new kidney in just a week? sot -- erika bragan/ there are really peo
they made plans to go to on a date - where rich opened up to jennifer about erika bragan (bray-gen) -- his best friend's wife. the 47-year-old mother of two, suffering from a rare kidney disease - and in desperate need of a transplant after being on the list for nearly three years? sot - rich o'dea, friend of the bragans jenn had such a positive response to talking about erika and her family and she seemed genuinely interested in helping out in any way she could. sot - jennifer thomas, donor...
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. >> florida mom erika bragan was blessed by a miracle.g the tinder app to go on a blind date that would change her life forever. here's abc's jesse palmer. >> reporter: we all know the popular dating app tinder can help you swipe your way to love. but what about saving a li for one florida woman a simple swipe to the right doing just that. it all started with rich o'day, a single guy from tampa, florida looking for a connection on tinder. and when he matched with 35-year-old jennifer thomas, he says there was an instant spark. >> i thought jennifer was a pretty girl. we had many mutual friends. that's always a good sign. so i swiped right. >> reporter: they made plans to go on a date, where rich opened up to jennifer about erika bragan, his best friend's wife. the 47-year-old mother of two suffering from a rare kidney disease and in desperate need of a transplant after being on the list for nearly three years. >> jen had such a positive response to talking about erica and her family. and she seemed genuinely interested in helping out any
. >> florida mom erika bragan was blessed by a miracle.g the tinder app to go on a blind date that would change her life forever. here's abc's jesse palmer. >> reporter: we all know the popular dating app tinder can help you swipe your way to love. but what about saving a li for one florida woman a simple swipe to the right doing just that. it all started with rich o'day, a single guy from tampa, florida looking for a connection on tinder. and when he matched with 35-year-old...
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that life is erika bragan's, who suffers from a genetic disorder called polycystic kidney disease (pkd). wednesday morning, jennifer will be donating her own kidney to rich's friend erika, who was a complete stranger a few weeks ago. "you feel like you're giving something up for someone else, but in the giving, you receive so much more. i feel just like a better person, i feel like i've discovered why i'm here," jennifer said. tuesday, bragan prepped for surgery, but said she was in shock that someone like thomas is real - and here. "i never thought that it would actually happen, that i would get a live donor, and that someone would be willing to part with a kidney just to help me and my family," she said. for years, o'dea ran marathons and held fundraisers for his friend with pkd, but she never imagined a blind date would lead her to a donor just in time. "erika's kidneys are literally failing and they weren't going to make it until the end of this year so the timing even is just incredible," said o'dea. jennifer said the opportunity to save a life is one she won't soon forget. "being
that life is erika bragan's, who suffers from a genetic disorder called polycystic kidney disease (pkd). wednesday morning, jennifer will be donating her own kidney to rich's friend erika, who was a complete stranger a few weeks ago. "you feel like you're giving something up for someone else, but in the giving, you receive so much more. i feel just like a better person, i feel like i've discovered why i'm here," jennifer said. tuesday, bragan prepped for surgery, but said she was in...
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where rich opened up to jennifer about erika bragan, his best friend's wife.ng from a rare kidney disease and in desperate need of a transplant after being on the list for nearly three years. >> jen had such a positive response to talking about erica and her family. and she seemed genuinely interested in helping out any way she could. >> all that happened was we had a conversation about it. he told me about her, and i wanted to do something. >> reporter: just a few days after that date rich telling erica and her husband scott about a complete stranger willing to help. >> one day he mentioned there was someone who has come forward and would be tested. >> reporter: in the end rich and jennifer didn't turn out to be the perfect match, but after months of testing jennifer and erika turned out to be. for a kidney donation. >> it feels incredible to be able to help. >> reporter: erika set to get her new kidney in just a week. >> there really are people out there that do things for other people. >> it's been a blessing and a miracle. >> reporter: one simple swipe, sa
where rich opened up to jennifer about erika bragan, his best friend's wife.ng from a rare kidney disease and in desperate need of a transplant after being on the list for nearly three years. >> jen had such a positive response to talking about erica and her family. and she seemed genuinely interested in helping out any way she could. >> all that happened was we had a conversation about it. he told me about her, and i wanted to do something. >> reporter: just a few days after...
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florida mom erika bragan blessed by a miracle using the tinder app to go on a blind date that would changehelp you swipe your way to love. what about saving a life? for one florida woman a simple swipe to the right doing just that. it all started with rich o'dea, a single guy from tampa, florida, looking for a connection on tinder. and when he matched with 35-year-old jennifer thomas, he says there was an instant spark. >> i thought jennifer was a pretty girl. we had many mutual friend, that's always a good sign so i swiped right. >> reporter: they made plans to go on a date where rich opened up about erika, his best friend's wife. the 47-year-old mother of two suffering from a rare kidney disease and in desperate need of a transplant after being on the list for nearly three years. >> jen had such a positive response to talking about erica and her family. and she seemed genuinely interested in helping out in any way she could. >> all that happened was we had a conversation about it. he told me about her and i wanted to do something. >> reporter: just a few days after that date rich telling
florida mom erika bragan blessed by a miracle using the tinder app to go on a blind date that would changehelp you swipe your way to love. what about saving a life? for one florida woman a simple swipe to the right doing just that. it all started with rich o'dea, a single guy from tampa, florida, looking for a connection on tinder. and when he matched with 35-year-old jennifer thomas, he says there was an instant spark. >> i thought jennifer was a pretty girl. we had many mutual friend,...