Matt and Melissa Graves created the Lane Thomas Foundation after their son was killed by an alligator in 2016. The Omaha couple said they decided to focus on pediatric organ donation because they wanted to help other families fighting for their children's lives and they wanted to help kids because their son loved other children.
Family of boy killed at Disney World urges organ donation
JOSH FUNK, Associated Press
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1of3This Oct. 2, 2015 photo provided by the Lane Thomas Foundation shows Lane Thomas Graves, in Omaha, Neb. Graves died in 2016 after an alligator attacked him at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla. The Lane Thomas Foundation his parents created after his death is moving beyond the small-scale donations it has been making so far to individual families with children undergoing transplants to raise awareness nationally about the need for pediatric organ donation. (Lane Thomas Foundation via AP)APShow MoreShow Less
2of3This Feb. 24, 2021 photo provided by the Lane Thomas Foundation shows Lauressa Gillock, left, of North Platte, Nebraska, meeting with a Mississippi boy, KeVon Long, in Louisiana, who received her daughter s heart after her organs were donated. Gillock is part of a campaign the Lane Thomas Foundation organized to promote pediatric organ donation. Th
A Nebraska couple whose 2-year-old son died tragically at Walt Disney World nearly five years ago wants more families to consider donating their children’s organs if their child is ever facing death.