Paschke added in a subsequent e-mail to CNN: "With 18 people dying on the wait list every day in this country, the only way to save more lives is with more donors, " she said.

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"It's never been a regular day in Chicago when it comes to our children dying this way, " said Diane Latiker, a Chicago mother of eight children who became a CNN Hero nominee for her work trying to keep kids away from violence.

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