A grieving Manitoba mother hopes her son's story inspires others to become organ donors.
Lisa Boyd's son Tyler Klassen died from injuries he suffered in a serious car crash Saturday near Steinbach.
Klassen, 16, had signed up to be an organ donor only a couple months before his death.
Boyd said she was told her son's organs helped about 45 other people.
"I didn't realize it was such an impact," said Boyd. "I thought it was 3 or 4 people, but it was many more."
"It brings a slight bit of positivity to this tragedy," Boyd said. "Knowing that's what he talked with me about a few months beforehand. It just makes it a little more bearable."
Boyd said she's not sure what inspired her son to become a donor only that it was in his character to do something that could help others.
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"He came home a couple months ago and said 'here's my donor card I want you sign it, you need the parent's signature as well, because if something happens to him he wants to donate his organs because he said 'I'm going to be dead.'"
Boyd said all of Tyler's organs were used except for his lungs and heart which were both too damaged.
"For me, the heart was super important because his heart for me... it was a heart of gold and I think that if it could've lived on in someone else that would've been super."
Transplant Manitoba said as of Wednesday there were 16,067 organ donors in Manitoba registered online. On Thursday, the number was up to 16,124.
A Transplant Manitoba spokesperson said anytime people hear news about organ donations more people sign up to become donors.
