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<\/p>\nINGLEWOOD, Calif. — A 22-year-old man who had just started a new job working security at SoFi Stadium in California for the World Cup died after being struck by a driver while walking home, his family said.<\/p>\n
Aaron Avery was hit just before 10:30 p.m. Monday. He died the following day.<\/p>\n
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Avery had been on his second day working as a security officer when the crash occurred.<\/p>\n
“I’m crushed because this was the last thing we would have ever thought would happen,” said Norma Quinn, Avery’s aunt. “He was just so young … to know that he had to endure that.”<\/p>\n
On Saturday, relatives gathered at OneLegacy in Azusa<\/a> to honor Avery by donating his organs. Staff lined the hallway as doctors wheeled his body into the operating room, while family members said their goodbyes.<\/p>\n Avery donated his heart, lungs, liver and kidneys. OneLegacy said his donation could potentially save up to eight lives.<\/p>\n “There’s over 100,000 folks across the nation, nearly 19,000 Californians, who are waiting for a life-saving organ,” said Blanca Cohen of OneLegacy<\/a>. “Unfortunately, all too many folks pass away each day waiting for that gift.”<\/p>\n The need is especially great among Black patients. Last year, Black Americans made up 27% of candidates on the national transplant waitlist, with most waiting for kidneys, while only 15% of registered donors were Black. Experts say that a common barrier for people of color to becoming organ donors is historic medical distrust.<\/p>\n Avery’s family said they find comfort in knowing his generosity could help others.<\/p>\n “I know this is our final goodbye but at the same time, I know that something good is going to come out of it,” Quinn said. “They’ll have a part of him and maybe he can turn them into gamers. Haha.”<\/p>\n