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Heartbreaking journey. one of them suffers from an incurable liver disease. the other is a healthy and perfect live organ donor match. what happens next brings us to a story you will never forget and one that changed a story forever. here's our affiliate. >> reporter: it's 5:30 a.m. at the university of colorado hospital. ryan arnold and his brother, chad, are in good spirits. their mom and dad and their wives all there for support. they're quickly prepped for surgery, as ryan prepares to donate part of his liver to chad. >> yeah, it's a very humbling experience. >> reporter: as he recalls the...

Wrong, it's the donor whose life is at risk. >> it's still a very controversial surgery. if we are very careful selecting our donors and the chances of this will happening here are very, very low. >> reporter: while that may be so, it's not what happened this time. just two days after surgery, ryan went into cardiac arrest and was placed on life support. he died two days after that on august 2nd. ryan arnold was 34 years old, healthy, active and strong, a husband and father of three little boys ages 1, 4 and 6. >> ryan is the hero in this. >> reporter: chad is now recovering at home. he's tire...

Family. and i want to have him around for a long time. >> reporter: there are few words as the brothers say good-bye. ryan's surgery is first. a team of doctors carefully removes 60% of his healthy liver while chad patiently waits. >> i think the thing i've learned through all this is god writes the story, it's not my story to write. ryan's the hero and i'm just playing my part. that's kind of how it's coming to me. he's just a hero. >> reporter: once the organ is removed from ryan, it's carefully rinsed and carried next door to be transplanted into chad, after his diseased liver is taken out....