Things weren't looking good for Joe Curry, born with a rare genetic disease, until Brandon Cullen stepped up.
He saved a fellow lifeguard byEven on a gray day at the beach, the future is bright for Joe Curry, thanks to Brandon Cullen."We clicked from right there. We had a lot of similarities. We work out together. We surf together," Cullen said."I was born with Alport syndrome, a rare genetic kidney disease," Curry said.READ MORECurry's kidneys started to fail last year. His parents were not donor candidates. That's when something else clicked.
"I didn't want to see Joe out of commission any longer. I wanted to have my friend back," Cullen added."Shock, scared, but very proud at the same time," said Kevin Cullen, Brandon's father. "My life would return back to normal. In essence, he saved my life and he gave me my life back and there is no way I could ever repay that," Joe Curry said.
If not for his friend's offer, Joe Curry faced years of time-consuming kidney dialysis. There are 100,000 Americans waiting for a kidney transplant."A beautiful example for all of humankind," mother Jeanine Cullen said.Joe Curry said he plans to pay it forward by working as a teacher and, of course, as lifeguard.
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