There are 2,855 lives on the line in Minnesota today, with another 100,000 across the country.
That's enough people to fill both the Metrodome and Target Field combined.
Each are waiting for organ or tissue transplants. It's an issue near and dear to KSTP Meteorologist Ken Barlow's heart.
His brother died in a car accident in March 2010. He was only 42 and the father of two children.
Ken's brother was an organ donor and so far, his tissue and organs have helped to save the lives of 50 people and counting.
Wednesday, Governor Dayton honored the families of 120 donors, including Ken Barlow's. Each were given a Medal of Honor.
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{Register to be an organ,eye and tissue donor. To learn how, www.donatelife.net or www.organdonor.gov}
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