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When Eric Smith was killed in a car accident, his mother, Mary decided to have his organs donated. One of the recipients was Arlinda Griffin, who got a kidney and his pancreas. But it didn’t stop there. Mary and Arlinda then met through the Gift of Life program and have become good friends. Here, Arlinda, left, and Mary greet each other outside Arlinda’s North Philadelphia home on August 26, 2016. Ed Hille/ Staff Photographer, The Philadelphia Inquirer