TOPSHOT - Cardiovascular surgeon Juan Esteban de Villarreal prepares a donor's heart to be implanted in a patient, at an operating theatre in Puerta de Hierro University Hospital in Majadahonda, near Madrid, . - For a time-critical procedure that is heavily reliant on intensive care, the Covid pandemic and its explosion of desperately-ill patients has thrown up a barrage of complexities which Spain's world leading organ transplant experts have been forced to surmount. (Photo by JAVIER SORIANO / AFP) / THIS PICTURE MUST BE PUBLISHED UNDATED AT THE REQUEST OF THE HOSPITAL - TO GO WITH AFP STORY "For transplants, Covid complicates the race against time" by MARIE GIFFARD (Photo by JAVIER SORIANO/AFP via Getty Images)
<p>An <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/?s=alaska&;post_type=post" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Alaskan</strong></a> father of seven missed a lifesaving opportunity for a heart transplant after his flight was canceled due to the historic and deadly blizzard that&#8217;s plagued the U.S. in recent weeks.</p>
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<p>The 56-year-old, who is currently battling congestive heart failure, was admittedly &#8220;terrified&#8221; when he first heard the news, but quickly turned to excitement shortly thereafter.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Father Of Seven Misses 8-Hour Window To Fly To Seattle For Heart Transplant Due To Blizzard</h3>
<p>Holland was given an 8-hour window to fly to Seattle for the heart transplant, and rushed to the airport in Fairbanks for an overnight flight, <strong><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/29/us/alaska-man-heart-transplant-winter-weather/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a></strong> reports.</p>
<p>But when he arrived at the airport, he was greeted with the news that his flight was canceled due to the weather.</p>
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<p>Employees at Alaska Airlines attempted to place him on the next flight out, but that too had to be rerouted mid-flight &#8211; a fact Holland only learned upon the plane landing in Anchorage.</p>
<p>He ultimately missed the 8-hour window, and the heart was given to someone else, according to the outlet.</p>
<p>Holland says he &#8220;cried more that day than I have in my (entire) life&#8221; upon hearing the news, but found solace in the fact that &#8220;there&#8217;s going to be a family that is saving someone (else&#8217;s)&#8221; family member.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">&#8220;I Think I Cried More That Day Than I Have In My Life&#8221; Holland Says, But Found Solace In Another Receiving Heart Transplant</h3>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;I think I cried more that day than I have in my life, and exerted every emotion that I&#8217;ve never had. To get out of that funk, I immediately said, &#8216;Thank God, there&#8217;s going to be a family that is saving someone&#8217;s dad, saving someone&#8217;s brother, saving someone&#8217;s, someone&#8217;s uncle, you know,'&#8221; Holland told <a href="https://www.king5.com/article/travel/flight-cancellations-cause-alaskan-man-to-miss-heart-transplant/281-e855bbc4-6aa6-45bc-9041-03df6f540a8d" target="_blank" rel="noopener">King 5</a>.</p></blockquote>
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<p>The father of seven says he&#8217;ll stay in Seattle for the time being in hopes that another heart will become available for transplant.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Historic Snowstorm Claims Over 60 Lives Across The U.S.</h3>
<p>Meanwhile, across the country, a Buffalo nurse’s heartbreaking final text messages claim emergency crews didn’t “give a f***” about rescuing her during the historic upstate New York blizzard before dying, as the death toll continues to climb to 34, <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/watch-final-texts-from-anndel-taylor-show-buffalo-emergency-crews-didnt-give-a-f-during-blizzard-as-death-toll-climbs-to-34/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>The Shade Room</strong></a> previously reported.</p>
<p>Anndel Taylor wrote she was getting increasingly “livid” as she waited upwards of 30 hours in her car before likely dying of carbon monoxide poisoning, her family said per a previous Shade Room report.</p>
<p>Over 60 people total are dead across the U.S., with 34 people killed in the hardest-hit area of Erie County, New York, where the city of Buffalo received a whopping 50+ inches of snow, according to <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/weather/weather-snow-warning-buffalo-storm-death-b2252501.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>The Independent</strong></a>.</p>
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