KFF Health News published an article by Cara Anthony on September 12, 2025 about organ donation featuring the story of Larry Black Jr who on March 24, 2019, at the age of 22, arrived at the SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital after being shot in the head.
A week later, Black, was on the surgical table being prepared for organ harvesting when his physician demanded that Black be removed from the surgical table, because he was not declared brain dead and his heart was still beating.
Read Full Article: https://www.lifenews.com/2026/07/09/doctors-were-about-to-harvest-his-organs-when-they-learned-he-wasnt-dead/
