Recipient of first donated heart surgery on LI thanks volunteers

Name: Recipient of first donated heart surgery on LI thanks volunteers
Uploaded: 2022-09-27T17:58:00-0400
Duration: 2 min 30 s
Description: The very first recipient of donated heart surgery on Long Island nearly 50 years ago returned from Uganda on Tuesday to thank the volunteers who have since saved thousands of other children worldwide. As CBS2's Carolyn Gusoff reports, the little girl is now a grown woman on a mission to give back.

The very first recipient of donated heart surgery on Long Island nearly 50 years ago returned from Uganda on Tuesday to thank the volunteers who have since saved thousands of other children worldwide. As CBS2's Carolyn Gusoff reports, the little girl is now a grown woman on a mission to give back.