One of his corneas went to a young girl and the other to an older man.
Corneas, unlike kidneys and livers, can be removed up to 24 hours after death.
My wife and I donated his organs and corneas to seven very sick Italians, four of them teenagers.
In the UK, transplants are done using corneas from donors but usually only in children who are blind in both eyes.
Maddie, a corgi mix, suffered from Cushing's disease, a hormonal disorder, and got treatment including surgery to heal ulcers on her corneas.
Each donor has the potential to help nine people through donation of a heart, lungs, two kidneys, pancreas, liver and small bowel and two corneas.
Just 17 days later Richard was dead at the age of 24 from a rare brain tumour and his parents agreed to donate his kidneys and corneas.
"Unlike other organs, which must be donated immediately, corneas can be donated up to 24 hours after death and there is no upper age limit on corneal donation, " a trust spokesman said.
But many doctors frown on this practice for a number of reasons, including the varied skills and hygiene of the operators and the risk of accidents, such as glue falling into eyes and damaging corneas.
He warned that if the numbers of corneas available dropped much more, patients who can now be treated on a first come, first served basis - may have to be prioritised and endure longer waits.
In two of the trials, the box was dark for 12 minutes and then illuminated for 48 minutes with either long-wavelength red light or short-wavelength blue light directed at the subjects' corneas. (Light color is determined by its wavelength.) The box was dark in a control experiment.
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