Helen @helenmaryme.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Michael and Barbara Shetterly lost their 23-year-old son Matthew to an overdose in 2014. His heart was donated to Erv Basdon. Two years later, they met him and listened through a stethoscope as their son’s heart continued beating inside another man. ❤️🩹 🥹😭 2216085888
Lady Law @ladylaw59.bsky.social · 28/09/2026😢👏🏾🙌🏾both pain and gratitude that their baby is still alive in a big way. God bless them all..🙏🏾 010
Making-Good 👊🏳️🌈🔥 @making-good.bsky.social · 28/09/2026What an intense meeting, for all three of them. Damn. That's not something any of them is going to forget, for the rest of their lives. 090
barry-edwards.bsky.social @barry-edwards.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This breaks me up when I listen to it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skd0...youtube.comBonnie Raitt - Just Like That (Official Lyric Video)YouTube video by TheBonnieRaitt 030
richpepp.bsky.social @richpepp.bsky.social · 10hIf that doesn't touch you then you have issues. Such a great photo and story 020
Grateful-1.bsky.social @grateful-1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Oh my -- Tears of Sadness with Tears of Happiness 💙💙‼️ 050
Annie the Mouse @ccompy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Tell your kids you love them everyday, and mean it. 020
AJ Nyx (she/her) @ajnyx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is a perfect picture to demonstrate the heartbreak and beauty of organ donation. Please consider being an organ donor. You could help so many people after your time is gone. It's such a selfless and loving thing to do. 041
squid inkman @squid-inkman.bsky.social · 7hi have to say, this kinda fucked me up ... im normally a cold hearted asshole ... but, this fucked me up 😪 110
callmegram.bsky.social @callmegram.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It’s just amazing that this can be done. I hope he continues to enjoy his life; one he may not have had without the Shetterly’s selfless donation. 010
Yvonne Jeannine @yvonnejeannine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Oh my. Tears came up along with chills. What a gift. I'm so sorry for their loss, but so glad Erv is able to live. Such generosity. 010
jenicoonradadair.bsky.social @jenicoonradadair.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I'm an organ recipient. It's such an important program. If you're able, please register ti be an organization donor. 030
Amintegrity @amintegrity.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Despite a criminally insane American President there is a lot of decency and humanity in the American people. 060
fletchermagee.bsky.social @fletchermagee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Such a touching photo for so many reasons. 020
Silverrain64 @silverrain64.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Maybe it's not statistically likely, but I hope Erv's still around and taking good care of that gift. ❤️🩹 010
hillyyard.bsky.social @hillyyard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The recipient appears to be a fine person. He is holding both of them close. 010
nancyd250.bsky.social @nancyd250.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is a beautiful picture! These wonderful parents were able to look past their unimaginable grief and give a truly remarkable gift. 010
Old School Liberal 🇺🇸 🇸🇪 Its time to obliterate the Epstein Class. @vanlighet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026🥹 The stories about transplant recipients suddenly having cravings they never had or other strange changes are so fascinating and heartwarming. 010
I'm V and Sunny is my ❤️ 🐾🐾🖌️🎨🚴🏻🧘🏻🏋🏻 @veronicasam13.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This hits my heart hard. 😢😢❤️🩹 010
fullmeow.bsky.social @fullmeow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Remember to sign up for organ donation. Your passing could save multiple lives. 180
Christian Kloß @christiankloss.de · 28/09/2026This is one of the craziest (in the best sense of the term) pictures with a story I have ever seen. Look at the father's face — this dude is melting from his emotions. 1380
joe4zu.bsky.social @joe4zu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Wow, this is how humans should treat each other. 030
Sharon 🇺🇸💙✡️ @sdc13.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The faces of Mr Basdon and the grieving parents of Matthew, say it all. 050
Blue Bird @heartbeatherts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026After my heart transplant, my wife bought me this artwork "Eternal love." 1190
mellowbutmad.bsky.social @mellowbutmad.bsky.social · 28/09/2026 A great example of where the color of the skin didn't matter. Should be an example of everyday life... we are ALL humans. 020
Born progressive @bluefiber.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Thank you. there are still good people in this world. 110
802nancy.bsky.social @802nancy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Can't even wrap my head about listening to a lost child's heart beating inside another human. What a gift to the parents and the recipient. Amazing is all...❤️ There are special people out there......❤️ 050
REN & STIMPY PT 2!! R&S’s backup account!! @sparkyomatic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Heartbreaking and amazing at the same time. 050
Dee’s Dog Mom @ldarroyo66.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I love this. What a beautiful gift for parents grieving and a man whose family would’ve lost him. 020
Chris Williams @gaffa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The anguish on Matthew's father's face just wrecked me. 51542
Anneannapolis @anneannapolis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026What selfless parents. So sorry for their loss. 020
MariBean @maribean.bsky.social · 28/09/2026His kindness in allowing this, and allowing it to be shared, is monumental. Their son's heart being donated to another is also monumental. 0120
nita1956.bsky.social @nita1956.bsky.social · 29/09/2026When I was getting tested 35 years to donate they found I had lupus and RA and can't donate. I didn't tell them I only have 1 kidney the doctor said he appreciated I wanted to be a donor it just wasn't possible. 000
MauiPat @ancientactivist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I hope to soon meet the family of my donor. I was gifted his/her lungs on the Fourth of July weekend. It's still too early to bring up any type of meeting, though. 150
Matt Womack @isauntervaguely.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A great song and music video with this theme. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCuh...youtube.comLewis Capaldi - Someone You LovedYouTube video by LewisCapaldiVEVO 020
sunnygrapefruit.bsky.social @sunnygrapefruit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026My sister had a heart transplant last yr. Now she needs a kidney. She wants 1 from a living donor. I'd give her mine but she's too afraid something will go wrong & I'd be injured somehow. Idk if she'd want to meet her heart donor's family. There r emotions there that I can't even fathom. 110
Denise Ferreira @ferreiraeng.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Oh goodness. This photo. Love is visible here. 010
Ga20468 (Gale) @gah2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Heartbreaking for the parents and yet the most unselfish gift. 030
R Joe 🌐 @ogtelevangelist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is the best thing I’ve seen all year. Thanks so much for sharing. 110
bobhudsonvalley.bsky.social @bobhudsonvalley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The grief , sadness and perhaps joy of hearing their son’s heart still beating and saving another human being. I simply can’t fathom the emotions. 040
Old Salt @oldsalt946.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I would gladly donate my organs, but who wojuld want 80-year old organs, even the few that still work? 100
Best Friends @kane724.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Hard to watch ❤️, loving parents painful loss provided a gift of life to another. Bless them 🙏. 010
JoJo Mineo @jojomineo69.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This story reminded me of a very young co-worker in 1997 named PAUL who was only 20 when he died tragically along with a 19 y.o. female friend both killed on the side of the road in broad daylight in Raleigh, North Carolina where they were on vacation when a delivery truck's heavy steel door flew... 120
Pocketvenus @pocketvenus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026My son's kidney donor died of overdose, and the family did not want to meet him, but I thanked the cosmos often for their decision to donate at such a difficult time. We only had another 5 years with Sean, but it was way more than we would have. 31343
ClareSussex @ladyclaresussex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026🩵🩵🩵static.klipy.comVmkliet's Ugly CryALT: Vmkliet's Ugly Cry 010
Michael Parry @doktorv.bsky.social · 17hThat, would be surreal. Not for everyone. But heartwarming nonetheless 010
Mitch WOKE AF 🌿🌱🍃 Radical LEFT SCUM Viking Heathen Warrior @ztopcat13.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Truly beautiful 😉 010
Mad Hattie @mybad76.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A young man here was just killed by a drunk driver while working on the highway. He was 22 but an organ donor. He saved 12 lives with his gift. This is precious and redeeming in the face of a horrible tragedy. 060
Maddie @maddie00.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Bonnie Raitt won a Grammy in 2023 for her song “Just Like That” which is exactly what her song is about. “I put my head upon his chest and I was with my boy again”. I cried the first time I heard the song and just about every time since. @bonnieraitt.bsky.social 040
varol927.bsky.social @varol927.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I love this😢 I wish I would've done that, I don't remember anyone asking, they may have💔 010
Barbara Bell Cooper @barbbelcoop.bsky.social · 28/09/2026That happened to our family. My sister got the heart of an 18 year-old girl and we got to meet her family. It was wonderful and we got 16 more years with her. We just lost her this year. She got septic after just scratching her leg while pulling weeds and was gone in two days. What a woman. 1200
debbiegcatlady.bsky.social @debbiegcatlady.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Love and hope can come from tragedy. 030
Dana Knows Insanity When She Sees It. 😵💫🥊 @danadoesdemocracy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026So many feels! 🥹❤️💔 Thank you for posting this. 220
bestfriendsforlife @bestfriendsarebest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026static.klipy.comBeautiful Floral Wreath DesignALT: Beautiful Floral Wreath Design 010
outtasight.bsky.social @outtasight.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Heartbreaking and uplifting. Difficult one to process. Bless them all. 020
thenextphase.bsky.social @thenextphase.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Erv Basdon is a beautiful human being. 010
Jeremy Peeples @jeremypeeples.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Oh wow the father's face is just heartbreaking 0140
Athena's Ghost @athenas-ghost.bsky.social · 28/09/2026As a public speaking college instructor, I used this image on the last slide of a persuasive speech I was modeling to my students. The topic was organ donation. I’ve been fortunate enough to be the recipient of not one, but two kidneys in my life, one for my sister, one for my brother. Donate life❤️ 040
RCG/Radio Caroline’s Ghost @clynnn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is so deeply touching 🥺🥺🥺. I love that they were able to meet & have this experience together. And never forget the Doctors & medical team that performed a successful transplant to save this man. Turning tragedy into new hope. ❤️ 0502
glen2.bsky.social @glen2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026What a precious gift this family gave to another family....beyond words. 010
janjuju.bsky.social @janjuju.bsky.social · 28/09/2026There are no words. But I wish I could hold these people in my arms. Mother Earth, please bless them. 120
Lyndon Lennon @mroctober63.bsky.social · 28/09/2026That must have been a day of mixed emotions. Love and respect to those parents ❤️ 020
Diaspora2022 @diaspora2022.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Please consider becoming an organ donor 🙏 I am, for many decades, as my CA & WA drivers licenses have plainly stated. Vivid red text: DONOR ❤️ 🫂 130
omajay.bsky.social @omajay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026So nice that Erv have them this opportunity. Emotional for all three 🥲♥️ 020
pamc84.bsky.social @pamc84.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is so heartbreaking and beautiful at the same time! 070
Thiel, Musk & Murdoch’s Influence in 🇦🇺🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Politics‼️ @dove333.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Heartbreaking, and heartwarming. 010
BeaglesResist❌👑Release the trump-epstein files @beaglesresist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Organ donation: The gift that keeps others living. 040
David @davidpeacock40.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Your final gift can be your greatest. Please register as a donor / carry a donor card. In the UK opt into donation via your driving licence. 020
Cathy🟧 @kitterlecathy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is beautiful and fitting. youtu.be/Skd0XR3twCA?...youtu.beBonnie Raitt - Just Like That (Official Lyric Video)YouTube video by TheBonnieRaitt 291
suffragettecity.bsky.social @suffragettecity.bsky.social · 14hDang it, Helen. You got me crying before 7:30am 💜 130
ShawnRW 🇨🇦 #NeverEverVoteConservative @srwhitelegg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026When Dick Cheny got his heart, he expressed gratitude for the new heart, but never acknowleged the donor, or expressed remorse for the person who's heart he recieved. He just said he felt euphoric when he woke up. 000
Billy @billyavilla.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The heartbreak on their faces is in itself heartbreaking…. and literally life saving… Remarkable 😔 010
Maureen Kelly aka sage butterfly @sagebutterfly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Heartbreaking as well as heartwarming... all at the same time.💔🙏 010
theepapajoe.bsky.social @theepapajoe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026m.youtube.com/watch This song is apropos to this story.m.youtube.comBonnie Raitt - Just Like That (Official Lyric Video)YouTube video by TheBonnieRaitt 010
Acorn1447 @acorn1447.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Kid might have struggled with drugs. He still saved a life. 1672
Comen-tator @comen-tator.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I lost my son to a heart attack a few years ago, and he had told me to donate anything that could help someone else after he was gone. I told the EMT to tell the ER doctor that when they took him, but apparently, no one did anything much about it ... All hospitals should do so whenever possible! 010
🇨🇦Paisley Jane T+ @paisleyjane.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I can’t imagine that pain God bless this wonderful man for sharing the heart of their son with them This is a hard one I can see them both recalling the sound of that heartbeat in the womb He must’ve been a great kid.. 030
Tinman @htx-ddkt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026That’s wonderful. I’ve never met the families of either of my two heart donors, but I carry their memories with me every day. 1330
woodcollier.bsky.social @woodcollier.bsky.social · 28/09/2026That’s powerful stuff right there. Love to all involved, the parents, recipient, the surgical teams. ❤️ 020
Clare Harris/Nasty Canadian🇨🇦/Radical Left Scum/Anti-ICE ✊🏼 @drclareharris.bsky.social · 23hSo touching. Thanks for this story. 💕 120
magnificentseven67.bsky.social @magnificentseven67.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Fuck, that must have been so hard, but so wonderful, love to all of them. 010
Irish-Seanchai @irish-seanchai.bsky.social · 28/09/2026First time hearing about this, and it brought tears to my eyes too! 030
future78.bsky.social @future78.bsky.social · 28/09/2026These are true medical marvels. The science to figure out how and then finding the right person to teach and then for them to perform these miracles. All to relieve the pain of losing a loved one for a brief period. I back science and the miracle workers every day. 👵🏼💕 020