US EditionHundreds flood UAB hospital with pink as Kimber Mills is honored before donating organs
Kimber Mills’ organ donation follows a fatal shooting at a Pinson bonfire; hundreds wore pink at UAB Hospital honor walk to support her family.
- On Tuesday, hundreds flooded UAB Hospital in pink to honor Kimber Mills, 18, including family, friends, and acquaintances like Michael Holmes during an Honor Walk.
- Sunday, Kimber Mills, 18, was shot in the head at a bonfire in The Pit, a wooded area in Pinson, after a scuffle escalated to gunfire, wounding three other victims.
- On Monday, doctors confirmed that Kimber's organs could be donated, and she was removed from life support Tuesday during an Honor Walk at UAB Hospital; her cousin Morgan Kaye Metz said, `She is giving the greatest gift of all today. Life.`
- Authorities say Whitehead is jailed with a $180,000 bond and faces three attempted murder charges, with one expected to be upgraded to murder, sheriff officials said Wednesday.
- An online fundraiser for the family surpassed $21,000 as of Wednesday, and Monday vigils were held at Cleveland High School; she planned to attend the University of Alabama next year to study nursing.
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Cleveland resident Kimber Mills' heart was donated to a seven-year-old boy in Ohio and her lungs to a woman in New York.
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The family of Kimber Mills, an Alabama high school cheerleader and track runner, said goodbye on Tuesday after she was shot in the head at a weekend party. Mills' relatives say the 18-year-old, who was attending the party in a wooded area outside Birmingham with friends and her sister, sustained...
Hundreds say goodbye before fatally shot teen cheerleader donates organs ‘so that others may live’
Hundreds of people lined the halls of UAB Hospital as Kimber Mills, a beloved Alabama 18-year-old, prepared to undergo organ donation after being shot at a weekend party.
Hundreds say goodbye as fatally shot teen cheerleader donates organs ‘so that others may live’
Hundreds of people lined the halls of UAB Hospital as Kimber Mills, a beloved Alabama 18-year-old, prepared to undergo organ donation after being shot at a weekend party. The Cleveland High School cheerleader’s Honor Walk was held Tuesday night. An…
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