Francisco 'Paco' Rodriguez
When Francisco "Paco" Rodriguez died following a bout at the Blue Horizon last November, he left a large family in Chicago that had been devoted to boxing devastated. In the immediate moments after his death, a decision was made to donate his organs.
The Daily News looks at the family he left behind and the people whom Rodriguez has given life to through organ donation.
When Francisco "Paco" Rodriguez died following a bout at the Blue Horizon last November, he left a large family in Chicago that had been devoted to boxing devastated. In the immediate moments after his death, a decision was made to donate his organs.
The Daily News looks at the family he left behind and the people whom Rodriguez has given life to through organ donation.
The Daily News looks at the family he left behind and the people whom Rodriguez has given life to through organ donation.
Bernard Fernandez: So now we add the name of Francisco Rodriguez to those of Jimmy Doyle, Benny "Kid" Paret, Duk-Koo Kim and any number of others who discovered that a boxing match sometimes can become a fight to the death.
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Ashley was transplanted with two lungs donated by the family of late Chicago boxer Francisco "Paco" Rodriguez. Rodriguez died in Philadelphia after a fight at the Blue Horizon. Ashley Owens is a student teacher in the 3rd grade at Limerick Elementary School in Limberick, PA. She is shown here with her students on Thursday morning November 11, 2010. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer
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