ARIZONA MASSACRE – OUT OF TRAGEDY, HOPE

Tragic Christina

GUN nut Jared Loughner may have ended her young life at just 9, but in death, Christina Taylor Green is already making a difference.
The youngest victim in the deadly massacre outside the Tucson, Arizona Safeway store which saw six people die, little Christina's organs have now been used to save the life of another child in Boston.
A friend of the family said they’d learned through a donor’s network that a young girl from Boston was now living thanks to organs given up by Christina
There were no details on which Boston hospital or the organs involved as the patient’s identity had to remain anonoymous.


But Christina’s father onfirmed the news here:http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/14/father-organs-of-youngest-tucson-victim-donated-to-little-girl-in-boston/
He said: “It was very poignant to find out. That's what Christina was all about." Adding, he hoped to meet the recipient one day.
"I'd give her a big hug," he said.
"It's a blessing."
On Thursday, more than 2,000 mourner packed into St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church to pay their respects to Christina who was born on Sept. 11, 2001 and featured in the book "9/11: Faces of Hope."
The Most Rev. Gerald Kicanas, bishop of Tucson told the congregation that she loved ballet, gymnastics and baseball.
She was newly elected on the student council at Mesa Verde Elementary School, was excited to meet congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords – who remains in critical condition.
"She wanted to make a difference in her life. She wanted to make her mark, and she did so in so powerful a way that even she cannot imagine," Kicanas said here:http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/01/13/20110113arizona-shootings-christina-green-organs.html