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Family to donate organs of victims in fatal Oregon fire

By Associated Press
Published: March 3, 2017, 10:12pm

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon family that lost six people, including five children, in a fatal fire will donate the organs of the mother and her 13-year-old son.

Legacy Emanuel Medical Center said Friday in a news release that the family will donate the organs of Tabitha Howell and her son, Andrew Hall-Young.

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