A 10-year-old boy who was swept into a storm drain while helping his family clean up storm debris is being kept on life support so that his organs can be donated, according to his father.

The boy, Asher Sullivan, “officially passed away” on May 18, but remains on life support to facilitate the organ donation process, his dad, Jimmy Sullivan, wrote in a Facebook post.

“It’s 100% an ‘Asher’ type thing to do in continuing to be selfless,” Sullivan shared  on Facebook. “He will have an honor walk at the hospital in the next few days and be celebrated as he is, a hero!”

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    6 months ago

    “is”. They literally just needed to add the word “is” to make it clear.

    10-year-old swept into storm drain is to become an organ donor, dad says

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      6 months ago

      The frequency with which people have trouble with newspaper-headline grammar makes me feel old…

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        6 months ago

        When English isn’t your first language, this is a really confusing title.

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          6 months ago

          It’s weird when English is your first language, too. No one speaks or writes like this except in Newspaper headlines.

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        6 months ago

        I’m only 33 and the title makes perfect sense to me.

        I can see how if English isn’t your first language it can sound weird.