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Sarah Kate Gillingham and Dave Cain were among the 33,000 runners who participated in

last Sunday's New York City Marathon.

But this is only a small part of their remarkable story.

Kane was diagnosed four years ago with cancer in the bile ducts of his liver and needed a transplant to live.

Word spread on Facebook and Gillingham, already a friend, stepped up.

I don't know. I just felt a calling, she said. I felt like I am in a really good position to do this.

Doctors subsequently removed 60% of Gillingham's liver and transplanted it

into cane. Sarah Kate saved my life, he now says. That's what's so great about this opportunity

to run and to publicize, you know, the incredible bravery and generosity and love of Sarah Kate

and the opportunity to be a donor.

When asked if there were one thing she would want others to know about being a living donor,

Gillingham replied, I guess it's that it's totally possible to make a bigger impact in the world

than you think is possible by doing this, digging deep in yourself, to give something that is very scary.

She now coaches other donors through the experience and says saving Kane's life added meaning to her own.

These are days that call for courage in the service of others.

NASA is launching its first asteroid defense mission later this month,

further evidence of the frailty of life and the unpredictability of the future.

Iraq's Prime Minister recently survived an assassination attempt with drones at his home.

ISIS now poses a growing threat to the new Taliban government in Afghanistan.

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