Mumbai, March 31: Uber driver and former US army veteran Tim Letts has done the impossible for a strange passenger Bill Sumiel. A year ago, Bill took a cab to a dialysis centre in New Jersey and talked about his health condition with the cab driver -- Tim Letts -- who eventually offered to take his kidney. In this age and time, such instances are rare. Tim is now in Germany, while Bill is at the University of Delaware's Renal Rehab centre and is still in touch with him.

Goodnews movement page on Instagram shared a heartwarming story of the Uber cab driver on Tuesday (March 28). The post has reached over 1.8 lakh views within three days. Everyone is in awe of the story of a cab driver and a passenger. The viral post included the picture of Letts with Sumiel at the hospital. Delhi: Uber Auto Driver Arrested for Molesting Woman Journalist.

Uber Driver Donates Kidney To Passenger

The Instagram post states, “On the car ride to the dialysis centre, Bill Sumiel (pictured right) and Uber driver Tim Letts (pictured left) struck up a conversation about health problems Sumiel was having." During their conversation, Letts realised that he should donate his kidney to a strange passenger whom he knew only during the ride, and he presented in a very creative manner. Bengaluru: Autorickshaw Drivers Protest Against Bike Taxi Services, Detained by Police (Watch Video).

The post further said, "God put him in his car that day", Letts said, as he proposed to donate his kidney. They both met each other in New Jersey, and now both of them are living far away from each other. They are still connected. Sumiel shared that he feels great after a year of his kidney transplant surgery.

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