JUSTIN MERRIMAN

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A Special Heartbeat

Valerie Sinclair of Elkhart, Indiana listens to her daughter, Da'Jeianna's heart that now beats in transplant recipient Dalton Igoe, 17, of Altoona's chest, during their first meeting at Sheraton Station Square on the South Side on Monday evening, October 20, 2014.  Da'Jeianna was killed at the age of 12 and her organs were donated to several individuals.  Igoe, who had been on the transplant list, received the heart on May 19, 2012.