We’ve been telling you about the emergency blood shortage that’s now at a crisis level.
CBS2’s Cindy Hsu spoke to a New Jersey family about the lifesaving need to donate.
The DiMaggio family has been holding blood drives for several years in honor of Michael, who’s now 18 and a freshman in college.
At 11 years old, Michael was hit by a car walking home from school in Chatham and barely survived.
“In the first 72 hours of the accident, he required more than seven blood transfusions in order to save his life,” said Nicole DiMaggio, Michael’s mother. “In total, he was in the hospital for three months, and in total, he went into surgery ten times.”
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