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At a ceremony at New York City Fire Department headquarters in downtown Brooklyn on January 25, 2012, Howard Milstein, chair of the New York Blood Center (NYBC), joined Fire Commissioner Salvatore Cassano and Christopher Hillyer, M.D., president and CEO of NYBC, to add the names of six 2011 FDNY bone marrow donors to NYBC\u2019s \u201cHonor Roll of Life.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Howard
Howard Milstein points out the 2012 inductees in the NYBC Honor Roll of Life. Looking on are NYBC President and CEO Christopher D. Hillyer, M.D. (left), Fire Commissioner Salvatore J. Cassano (right), and Chief of Department Edward Kilduff (far right).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The eighth annual induction ceremony honored FDNY firefighters who made life-saving stem cell donations through the NYBC Bone Marrow Registry. New York Blood Center is one of the largest donor centers in the National Marrow Donor Program network, with more than 230,000 typed volunteer donors.<\/p>\n

Among the firefighters honored at the Honor Roll of Life Ceremony was James Wildes, 37, of Engine 162 on Staten Island, who had an emotional meeting with the recipient of his stem cell donation, 6-year-old Alise Mareerose Williams of Evansdale, Iowa.<\/p>\n

The Honor Roll of Life ceremony comes on the heels of another banner year for NYBC. In 2011, NYBC processed life-saving donations from more than 500,000 people, including millions of delivered donations of blood, blood products, platelets, hemophilia clotting factor, cord blood, and bond marrow.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn behalf of everyone at the New York Blood Center, I want to thank the firefighters honored here today \u2014 and all who have helped contribute to the life-saving work of our organization,\u201d said Mr. Milstein.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirefighters know what it takes to save lives,\u201d Mr. Milstein added. \u201cToday\u2019s ceremony reminds us that, with each pint of blood and every blood marrow donation, all of us can play a role in saving lives as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

More About Firefighter Wildes and Recipient Williams <\/em>
\n\"Alise<\/p>\n

Alise Mareerose Williams was diagnosed with congenital heart defects at just two months of age. At 16 months, Alise had her second open-heart surgery. During the hospital stay, Alise\u2019s blood tests showed that she had a very rare genetic disorder called Fanconi anemia, and would eventually need a bone marrow transplant to survive. A search of the National Bone Marrow Registry in September of 2008 revealed a match for Alise: Firefighter James Wildes.<\/p>\n

Firefighter James Wildes joined the New York City Fire Department in May 2002. While a probationary firefighter in the FDNY Fire Academy in July 2002, Firefighter Wildes joined the Be The Match Registry. James believed that he should put his name on the registry in case there was a chance he could one day be a match for someone. \u2028\u2028When James was contacted as a potential donor, he did not hesitate. Firefighter Wildes donated his bone marrow on February 3, 2009, at Memorial Sloan-Kettering. On February 4, 2009, Alise received the bone marrow transplant she so desperately needed. Three years later, she is doing wonderfully, and though her fight is not over, she has continued to improve.<\/p>\n

More About the FDNY\/NYBC Partnership<\/em><\/p>\n

Members of the FDNY make up New York Blood Center\u2019s single largest group of bone marrow and stem cell donors. To date, a total of 140 FDNY members have given these gifts to patients \u2014 in some cases more than once \u2014 accounting for 13 percent of all donors from New York Blood Center. Over the past 20 years, the FDNY has become the single largest group on NYBC\u2019s bone marrow registry, with more than 8,000 FDNY members on the donor list.<\/p>\n

(Source: Howard and Abby Milstein Foundation; FDNY)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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