Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20190518:19:59:00
Barberi waiting for a kidney for more than a year. >> i was a young, healthy guy. i was a firefighter, active duty, you know, responding to calls. all of a sudden, here i am. i'm the guy who is sick. you're not used to ebeibeing thy who is sick. >> reporter: his wife was going to give him one of her kidneys. >> but i wasn't compatible. >> all right. game day. >> reporter: but then something else surprising happened. >> we're here, ready for surgery. >> reporter: since her husband was being saved by brian, the stranger, debbi decided to pay it forward and offer her kidney to anyone who needed i...