To remember those who perished in Florida tragedy, talk about organ donation

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Some people might object to using the word "family" to describe any organization that has more than 56,000 employees, but we're going to do it anyway.

The Mayo Clinic family suffered a tragic blow on Monday when a helicopter carrying two members of a heart-transplant team went down in a wooded area in northern Florida. Killed in the crash were cardiac surgeon Dr. Luis Bonilla, procurement technician David Hines, and the helicopter's pilot.

Bonilla had recently transferred from Rochester to Mayo's Jacksonville campus. The accident occurred as the team was on its way to retrieve a heart for a transplant patient.

We join Mayo Clinic in offering our condolences to the families directly affected by this tragedy. We hope that they take some comfort in the knowledge their loved ones died while trying to bring life and new hope to another person and his or her family.

But we also hope that some good can come out of this tragedy.
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