Photo: Torch of Life carriers Khaled Khatib and Yael Gladstone wade through a crowd of enthusiastic supporters near Jane St. and Lawrence Ave. on Sunday. (STAN BEHAL, Toronto Sun)
Khaled Khatib is Palestinian.
Yael Gladstone is Jewish.
Influenced by the tragic deaths of siblings — whose organs saved the lives of people on the other side of conflicts between their peoples — Khatib, 20, and Gladstone, 19, carried a “Torch of Life” from Toronto City Hall to Queen’s Park and Sick Kids hospital last week, to promote organ donations for children.
If all goes well, the young man from Janin, Palestine and the young woman from Glasgow, Scotland will meet again this August in New York, Washington and Los Angeles as they carry the torch, continuing the journey George Marcello began in Toronto 12 years ago.
He founded the Step by Step charity that sponsors the Torch of Life.
Gladstone came to Canada for her first involvement with the torch — blessed years ago by Pope John Paul II along with him urging Marcello to help children by encouraging people to offer their organs.
Last Tuesday, Khatib finished a 71-community, 110-day walk, covering “every major community in Ontario,” talking to children in schools and meeting high-profile double-lung transplant recipient Helene Campbell, Marcello said Sunday.
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