The End of James Harrison’s 60-Year Legacy: Why He Stopped Saving Lives

from An Ounce - For Your Consideration · host Jim Fugate

James Harrison had been doing it for over 60 years. In that time, he has done it over eleven hundred times. And on the 11th of May 2018, at age 81, he did it for the last time. What did he do? It was no big deal, he just quietly saved over 2.4 million lives. And then he stopped. Hang on to the end to find out why he stopped executing his live saving sideline. This is the story of how it started - and ended.

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