Ind. woman who donated kidney weds organ recipient

Published 7:25 pm Thursday, October 24, 2013

In this Oct. 12, 2013 photo, newlyweds Chelsea Clair and Kyle Froelich walk down the aisle to conclude their wedding at the Danville Conservation Club. Chelsea was a stranger to Kyle when she offered to donate one of her kidneys to him in 2009. (AP Photo/The Indianapolis Star, Robert Scheer)

BROWNSBURG, Ind. (AP) — A central Indiana woman who promised to donate one of her kidneys to a man she barely knew has married him three years after his successful transplant surgery.

Chelsea Clair and Kyle Froelich met at a 2009 car show when he was 19 and she was 22. Clair learned that day that Froelich had a serious kidney disease — and she told him then and there she would give him one of hers.

She underwent the necessary tests and ended up being a near perfect match. Three years ago, she donated one of her kidneys to Froelich.

The Indianapolis Star reports ( ) that the couple was married Oct. 12 at the Danville Conservation Club, the venue that hosted the car show where they met.

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