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Radio 4,5 mins

The Boy Who Gave His Heart Away

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What happens when the death of a child miraculously allows others to live? August 2003. A virus has attacked the heart of a 15 year-old Scottish boy named Marc McCay and it will take a miracle to save him. Meanwhile, in Grantham, 16 year-old Martin Burton collapses at home. Writer and journalist Cole Moreton tells the story of what happens when the death of a child miraculously allows others to live. A TBI Media production for BBC Radio 4 First broadcast on Radio 4 on 6 June 2016.

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