{"id":10665,"date":"2023-04-18T10:00:09","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T14:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/?p=10665"},"modified":"2023-04-18T10:00:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T14:00:09","slug":"uber-driver-donates-kidney-to-rider-he-met-3-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2023\/04\/uber-driver-donates-kidney-to-rider-he-met-3-years-ago.html","title":{"rendered":"Uber Driver Donates Kidney to Rider He Met 3 Years Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Almost three years ago, an Uber driver donated his kidney after learning one of his passengers needed an organ transplant. Now, the two reflect on their chance meeting as a moment of divine intervention. Thirty-three-year-old Tim Letts and 73-year-old William Sumiel Jr. recently joined \u201cFox & Friends\u201d to share how that car ride changed their lives.<\/p>\n

They were both living in New Jersey in October 2021 when Sumiel\u2019s arranged Uber from the vascular center where he was getting dialysis treatment in the Cumberland County city of Vineland. Sumiel told \u201cFox & Friends\u201d that the vascular center where he was being treated is \u201cabout a 40-minute ride\u201d from his Salem, New Jersey home.<\/p>\n

Sumiel recalled, \u201cThe ride was fantastic. I met this gentleman. He talked back when you started a conversation. A lot of Uber drivers don\u2019t. And so, it inspired me, by friendliness, to tell him about my situation.\u201d At the time, Sumiel shared his dialysis challenges and that he was on a kidney transplant list.<\/p>\n

Sumiel said that Letts told him, \u201cGod must have put you in my car.\u201d Eventually, Letts said he was in good health and could be a potential match, according to Sumiel. Sumiel said, noting his shock, \u201cWe got to my house. And Tim says, \u2018If you\u2019ll take my name and number, I\u2019d like to donate a kidney to you.\u2019 I was so nervous. I could hardly remember his name and number.\u201d Sumiel gave Letts the contact information for the transplant center he was registered with, and Letts kept his promise. Weeks later, the two found out they were a match.<\/p>\n