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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20110210:11:56:00

t.j. winick has the latest. good morning to you, t.j. >> reporter: good morning. rob and vinita. the young man was on dialysis and he was in desperate need of a transplant. it was his college coach who stood up and gave him the gift of life. there are sacrifice bunts and fly balls in baseball, but this is a sacrifice unlike any other on the diamond. on monday wake forest coach tom walter donated a kidney to one of his players, freshman outfielder kevin jordan. today both are recovering at an atlanta hospital. >> even when i woke up the day after surgery, it was like, wow, this is how i used to feel before about february of 2010. >> reporter: last winter as a high school senior in georgia when kevin had a hard time shaking the flu. the diagnosis, an autoimmune swelling disorder that can lead to kidney failure. kevin wound up on dialysis three days a week at first and then daily. >> i don't consider myself a hero in any way shape or form. it's been about doing the right thing.

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