"A father who prayed at dawn"... Keeping his 20-year-old organ donation pledge, a breadwinner saves 2 lives as he departs [Warm Stories]

[The Financial News] A man in his 60s who pledged to donate his organs about 20 years ago has become a star in the sky, giving two people a new life through brain-death organ donation.
According to the Korea Organ Donation Agency on the 24th, Lee Won-hee, 66, donated both of his kidneys at Wonkwang University Hospital on November 7 last year, saving two people before passing away.
Lee, who ran a construction materials company, collapsed while at work on October 20 last year.
A colleague who found him collapsed rushed him to the hospital, but Lee never regained consciousness and was eventually declared brain-dead.
Lee had completed his registration as a prospective organ donor in 2007 and was known to have often expressed his wish to donate his organs to his family while he was alive.
His family said they decided to proceed with the donation because Lee had always been a warm-hearted person who helped others, and they wanted him to leave this world by doing something good that would save someone’s life.
Born in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, as the third of three sons and two daughters, Lee was described as diligent and outgoing.
He was said to always bring joy to his family and those around him, and to his wife he was a considerate husband who often gave her flowers.
For more than 20 years, Lee ran his construction materials business. He was also a devout church elder who went to dawn prayer every day and enjoyed a wide range of hobbies, including playing the drums and saxophone and playing table tennis.
His daughter, Lee Na-eun, offered her final farewell, saying, "Dad, thank you so much for everything you did for us, and I am so sorry that I didn’t tell you I love you more often. We will be doing well here, so please be at peace in heaven. Let’s make sure we meet again someday."

newssu@fnnews.com Reporter Kim Soo-yeon Reporter