Statement from LiveOnNY President & CEO Leonard Achan, RN, MA, ANP on 17-Year-Old Bella Trezza, Who Saved Three Lives Through Organ Donation
NEW YORK, NY – “LiveOnNY can now confirm that following an honor walk at Good Samaritan University Hospital for Bella Trezza, where she was surrounded by family and friends, Bella’s gifts of life – her kidneys and liver – were recovered. LiveOnNY teams logistically managed Bella’s gifts of life for safe transport overnight to three recipients in New York City, Maryland, and Massachusetts. Two women in their 30’s received her kidneys and a man in his 60’s received her liver, all saved by Bella’s act of grace and her family’s decision to say yes to donation. These three recipients and Bella will now Live On. LiveOnNY is humbled to be the stewards of Bella’s precious gifts of life. We extend our deepest condolences to Bella’s family, friends, loved ones and the community. Our thoughts and prayers are with them as well as the other passengers involved,” said Leonard Achan, RN, MA, ANP, President and CEO, LiveOnNY.
Trezza died Wednesday night, police said, after the SUV she was driving was struck by another carthat ran a red light just after 1 a.m. last Saturday in West Babylon.
The crash also killed the other driver, Michael Desmond, 33, of Lindenhurst, and a passenger in the SUV, Riley Goot, 18, of Babylon. Trezza’s brother Austin, 18, and two other teens in the SUV were seriously injured.