{"id":21212,"date":"2011-01-26T09:54:30","date_gmt":"2011-01-26T17:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=21212"},"modified":"2011-01-26T14:28:19","modified_gmt":"2011-01-26T22:28:19","slug":"snowboarders-family-to-donate-his-organs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=21212","title":{"rendered":"Snowboarder&#8217;s Family To Donate His Organs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/dan_crowther.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/dan_crowther.jpg','popup','width=145,height=216,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/dan_crowther-tm.jpg\" height=\"148\" width=\"100\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"Dan Crowther\" \/><\/a>The family of a 17-year-old snowboarder who is currently brain dead from injuries sustained after landing on his head at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wachusett.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wachusett Mountain<\/a><\/strong> on January 16, 2011 has decided to donate <strong>Dan Crowther&#8217;s<\/strong> organs to those who need them, according to a story on <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebostonchannel.com\/r\/26619689\/detail.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Boston Channel<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>His parents have decided that even if the popular lacrosse player will no longer live, he can live on in others.&#8221;We decided that with Dan being brain dead, that doesn&#8217;t mean his life is over. We decided to donate his organs so Dan can give others the gift of life,&#8221; said his mother, Sharon Crowther. . . Dan&#8217;s cousin was with him when he went over the jump at Wachusett. . . &#8220;He hit it at a lot of speed. He was probably about 25 feet up in the air,&#8221; said Dan Michelczyk, 22. He said Dan was not wearing a helmet. . . &#8220;He suffered a contusion to the brain and developed a blood clot, and from that blood clot he suffered a stroke,&#8221; his mother said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the story, &#8220;eight recipients across the country will benefit from Dan&#8217;s organ donations.&#8221; At least this way some good can come of a tragic situation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Link: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebostonchannel.com\/r\/26619689\/detail.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Boston Channel<\/a><\/strong><strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The family of a 17-year-old snowboarder who is currently brain dead from injuries sustained after landing on his head at Wachusett Mountain on January 16, 2011 has decided to donate Dan Crowther&#8217;s organs to those who need them, according to a story on The Boston Channel. His parents have decided that even if the popular [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21212"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21212"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21231,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21212\/revisions\/21231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}