Be The Match

We're joined by LAFD Inspector Roger Sackaroff. A former sports reporter and native New Yorker, Roger was inspired to join the fire service after 9/11 and wound up in LA. Roger tells us the incredible tale of a mystery illness that sent his 7 year old son into liver failure and put him on the transplant list. After multiple extended stays in Children's Hospital. Roger was finally told that his son had aplastic anemia, a rare blood disoder that affects only 100 Americans per year. Rogers' son needed a bone marrow transplant. There was only ONE exact match in the entire world. The fate of Rogers' son was in the bone marrow of a random stranger in Germany ! This is an amazing story of courage, perserverance, and love. The fire family came together to support Rogers' family and to get as many people as possible registered to "Be The Match" and donate bone marrow if needed. Plus a random stranger across the ocean stepped up to save a life he never knew. Everything had to come together perfectly to save Rogers' son.