Coach Donates Kidney to Player
PHILLIPS: All right. Let's buckle up and go "Cross Country." Here's some stories from all around the U.S. First stop, Houston, Texas. Consider this. Revenge of the pothole. City crew showed up to patch it from the roadway collapsed and swallowed their dump truck. Apparently a broken water main had undermined the road. Noblesville, Indiana, a sickly cat gets an x-ray and the images make the pet owner sick. Eighteen BB's lodged under the skin. A teen has been charged. That owner says that the cat is fine and will eventually have surgery. Last stop, Kilgore, Texas. A woman says she bit into a spoonful of ice cream and it bit right back. She says a broken razor was inside that frozen treat and cut the inside of her lip. Wal-Mart says it's launching an investigation. Well, so many stories about athletes and the focus on selfishness and greed, even crime. But this morning we're zoning in on a truly heart- warming story. That a college baseball coach donating a kidney so one of his freshman recruits can survive. Jason Carroll joins us from New York. Now, Jason, what a fabulous story. Take us through the string of events that actually led to this remarkable gift.</s>JASON CARROLL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes. It's incredible, Kyra. You know? And actually you know what the coach said about this whole thing, Kyra? He said it was a no-brainer. Imagine that. Giving your kidneys is a complete no-brainer. And he said he'd do again. You know, Kevin Jordan. Let's talk about him. He was actually selected by the New York Yankees in the amateur draft, but Jordan decided to play baseball for Wake Forrest University. Now that decision ultimately may have saved his life. Earlier this week, his coach Tom Walter donated one of his kidneys to Jordan. Both are now recovering at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. Coach Walter is up and walking and made his first visit to his outfielder yesterday.</s>TOM WALTER, BASEBALL COACH, WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: I would do it again, a thousand times out of a thousand.</s>CARROLL: A thousand times over a thousand. Well, a little over a year ago, Jordan was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that eventually led to kidney failure. The search was on for a donor, but none of Jordan's family members were a match.</s>KEVIN JORDAN, FRESHMAN, WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: We tried about all of the people that we knew as donors, and coach came up a match. He came through, and his was a match. We're just thankful and happy.</s>CARROLL: Jordan says he already feels a difference not having to be on dialysis. He'll need to be on medication to keep his new kidney functioning properly, but his doctors say that shouldn't stop the star athlete from competing again someday. Expectations are Jordan will resume playing in the 2012 season. Coach Walter plans to be back at work and in the dugout when Wake Forest plays its first game of the season against LSU next Friday. Both the coach and Jordan will be speaking at a press conference, that's going to be happening later today at a hospital. And also I have to tell you that Jordan's father, when he was asked about this whole thing, Kyra, you know what he called it? He said it must have been divine intervention.</s>PHILLIPS: Aw. Well, what more do we know about Tom Walter and how this subject even came up and how he was approached and made this decision?</s>CARROLL: Yes. Well, that's a good point. Walter, he's 42 years old and, basically, when this -- when he found out that his player was ill, he just said, you know, "Well, look. If it turns out that he needs a kidney and things aren't working out, come talk to me, and I'll do a test for you." And so, that's exactly what happened. He ended up doing the test after, again, all of Jordan's family members turned out were not a match, and of all of the people out there, one of the people who turned out to be the match was his coach. His coach said, "I'll do it," and it was just that simple.</s>PHILLIPS: Pretty awesome story. And Jason, we're hearing that news conference is going to be at 11:30 Eastern Time. Are we going to hear from both of them, do we know?</s>CARROLL: That is what we are hearing, that you are actually going to hear from both of them. And I think at that point you'll hear a little bit more about the recovery and how long Walter will be out. I think he said it might be about two months, and I think for Jordan, maybe six to eight weeks. It's going to be a process in terms of recovery, but I think you're going to hear more about how this whole thing sort of came about.</s>PHILLIPS: Well, we're going to take it live in just a couple of hours. Jason, thanks so much. What a great story.</s>CARROLL: All right. Yes.</s>PHILLIPS: Well, a face-off in Florida involving a high school basketball player league. Well, rules, US law, immigration status. Krop High School will learn later today whether its basketball team is eligible to even play in the playoffs. That's because the Florida High School Athletic Association says that senior Brian Delancy didn't provide the right immigration papers. So now, public schools in the US aren't allowed to ask about a student's immigration status, but in Florida, students are required to submit this information to play on a sports team. If Delancy is declared ineligible, his team will have to forfeit the 19 games that it won this season. Picture this. You go to the pharmacy to pick up an antibiotic. You leave with someone else's prescription, one that actually threatens the life of the baby that you're carrying. Exactly what happened to this woman? Find out how you can stop it from happening to you.