A heart transplant recipient and the donor’s family were brought to tears after a chance meeting at a major league baseball game.<br /> <br />Siblings of donor Donovan Bulger wept as they put their ears to John Sueme’s chest and listened to the beating heart that had been donated by their brother.<br /> <br />The encounter took place at the St. Louis Cardinals’ Busch Stadium on Sunday, April 28, 2019, with the team hosting its own Transplant Awareness Day.<br /> <br />Donovan died in a tragic accident in 2016, age 21, and before passed, one of his wishes was for his organs to be donated.<br /> <br />After five years of being in heart failure, John received Donovan’s heart in 2016.<br /> <br />John and his wife, Liza; daughter, Catherine; and two friends were in attending the game, but prior to that day they had never met Donovan’s family.<br /> <br />John said he had followed the organ recipient guidelines and not named himself when he had been in contact with Donovan’s sister, Savannah Roesch, in the past.<br /> <br />But, after John had written a thank you letter and in return received a photograph of Donovan from Savannah, his daughter noticed the image of his donor printed on the family’s green shirts at the game and immediately recognized the image.<br /> <br />Heartwarming footage from the encounter show how, one by one, the group listened to John’s chest, with the recipient, 65, also in tears.<br />
