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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Mother says boy who jumped from bus dies

New 4 JAX

16-year-old Grand Park student's organs to be donated

JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. -The mother of a 16-year-old boy that Jacksonville Beach police say jumped from a moving school bus on Friday morning said his organs are being harvested and donated on Monday.

Jessie Herr's mother said she was told Friday afternoon that his brain stem snapped from the fall. While he remained on life support at Shands Jacksonville Medical Center, there was no brain activity.

Ann-Marie Herr told Channel 4 she does not know why her son, a student at Grand Park Education Center, jumped from the bus. She said the family may have a statement later, but now they were working on making funeral arrangements.
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