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NATIONWIDE--600 OF THEM
IN VIRGINIA. EACH ONE
HAS A STORY--TONIGHT
YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ONE
THAT TOUCHES THE WAVY
FAMILY DEEPLY.
JOHN MASSEY--WHO PILOTS
CHOPPER 10--IS WAITING
FOR A NEW LIVER.
10 ON YOUR SIDE'S AVA
HURDLE TALKED WITH JOHN
AND HIS WIFE
EVELYN--ABOUT
THE NEXT STEP IN THE
PROCESS.
FOR 12 YEARS HE'S BEEN IN
THE PILOT'S SEAT OF OUR
STATION'S CHOPPER
10 GIVING YOU A BIRDS EYE
VIEW OF THE NEWS BUT
SINCE APRIL YOU HAVEN'T
SEEN JOHN ON THE AIR AS
HE FIGHTS FOR HIS LIFE.
MONTAGE THE DIAGNOSIS
CAME BACK IN APRIL.
RUNS=:02
TC=2/12:20:20 JOHN
MASSEY: I HAD LIVER
FAILURE. AND THEN THE
ARMY IN KOREA AND I DID
NOT KNOW IT AT THE TIME.
THE MILITARY. SUDDENLY
CAME ROUNDS AND ROUNDS OF
TESTS, MEDICATIONS TO
TAKE AND HIS LICENSE TO
FLY
NOW BECAUSE IT WAS A VERY
PERSONAL
MATTER BUT I DO MISS
FLYING CHOPPER 10
TERRIBLY. I'VE ENJOYED
THE VIEWERS OF HAMPTON
ROADS. I'VE ENJOYED MY
JOHN MASSEY: ITS VERY
TOUGH. IT REALLY IS
BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW
DOES COME. SO YOU JUST
PUT YOUR FAITH IN GOD AND
HOPE IT ALL WORKS
OUT. JOEL NEWMAN OF THE
LIVER TRANSPLANT WILL GET
ONE WITHIN A YEAR'S TIME
OR SOONER. ITS ABOUT
MATCHING AN ORGAN WITH
NETWORK FOR ORGAN
SHARING: THERE IS NO
PLACE IN THE COUNTRY
WHERE THER ARE ENOUGH
HELP ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN
NEED TODAY.
EVELYN MASSEY HELPS HER
HUSBAND STAY POSITIVE AND
UPBEAT. RUNS=:10
TC=2/12:24:44 EVELYN
ALIVE AND LUCKILY I HAVE
A LOT OF SUPPORT OUT
THERE. BOTH ARE GRATEFUL
MASSEY: HOPEFULLY I'LL
GET
A TRANSPLANT SOON.
JOHN MASSEY IS ON THE
WAITING LIST FOR A LIVER
TRANSPLANT AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA IN
CHARLOTTESVILLE AND THE
CAROLINAS
MEDICAL CENTER IN
CHARLOTTE, NORTH
CAROLINA...AWAITING A
VERY IMPORTANT
CALL...ANYTIME NOW. I'M
AVA HURDLE, 10 ON YOUR
SIDE.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO HELP
JOHN MASSEY THERE ARE TWO
FUNDRAISING
EVENTS COMING UP. THE
FIRST ONE IS TOMORROW:
THE
EYE OF THE SKY CORNHOLE
TOURNAMENT STARTS AT 6 AT
3129
KINGS HIGHWAY IN SUFFOLK.
AND ON DECEMBER 9TH
THERE'S THE
JOHN MASSEY ONE MILE
POKER RUN FOR LIFE AT
BONESHAKERS ON
GENERAL BOOTH BOULEVARD
IN VIRGINIA BEACH.
YOU'LL FIND MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT BOTH
THESE EVENTS ON WAVY DOT
COM. YOU CAN ALSO LEARN
MORE ABOUT BECOMING AN
ORGAN DONOR.
JUST GO TO THE LOCAL NEWS