20151024 - Blood Drive (MA)

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Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com Johanna Oefelein of Fox River Grove smiles over to her friends and family as she gives blood on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015 at the Fox River Grove Fire Protection District Station 1 in Fox River Grove. The annual blood drive started in 2010 on the 15th anniversary of a tragic collision between a Metra commuter train and a Cary-Grove High School bus. Oefelein was a freshman passenger on that bus, which stopped at a traffic light partially across the train tracks on October 25, 1995 and claimed the lives of seven of Oefelein's fellow students aboard.

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Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com Phlebotomist Beth Meckler inserts a needle into the arm of Jonathan Masterson, 17, who was able to give blood in place of his mother, Teresa Masterson, both of Cary, who was unable to due to an iron deficiency on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015 at the Fox River Grove Fire Protection District Station 1 in Fox River Grove. Teresa Masterson was a passenger on the Cary-Grove High School bus which was struck by a Metra train during the 1995 tragedy that claimed 7 students' lives.

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Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com Teresa Masterson of Cary shows her tattoo, a rendering involving a halo, angel wings, a railroad symbol, the number 7, and the date 10-25-95, as she waits with blood donors on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015 at the Fox River Grove Fire Protection District Station 1 in Fox River Grove. Masterson was a freshman passenger on the Cary-Grove High School bus which was struck by a Metra train on October 25, 1995, a tragedy that claimed 7 of her fellow students' lives. Masterson was unable to donate blood on Saturday due to an iron deficiency, however her son Jonathan, 17, was able to donate in her place.

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Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com Johanna Oefelein of Fox River Grove gives blood on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015 at the Fox River Grove Fire Protection District Station 1 in Fox River Grove. The annual blood drive started in 2010 on the 15th anniversary of a tragic collision between a Metra commuter train and a Cary-Grove High School bus. Oefelein was a freshman passenger aboard that bus which stopped at a traffic light, partially across the train tracks on October 25, 1995 and claimed the lives of seven of Oefelein's fellow students aboard.

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Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com Mary Cooper of Fox River Grove grasps a squeezable foam item in the shape of a heart as she gives blood on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015 at the Fox River Grove Fire Protection District Station 1 in Fox River Grove. The annual blood drive started in 2010 on the 15th anniversary of a tragic collision between a Metra commuter train and a Cary-Grove High School bus stopped at a traffic light partially across the tracks. The deadly crash claimed the lives of seven children aboard.

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Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com A phlebotomist packages blood on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015 at the Fox River Grove Fire Protection District Station 1 in Fox River Grove. The annual blood drive started in 2010 on the 15th anniversary of a tragic collision between a Metra commuter train and a Cary-Grove High School bus stopped at a traffic light partially across the tracks. The deadly crash claimed the lives of seven children aboard.

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Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com Empty vials and bags for blood await donors on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015 at the Fox River Grove Fire Protection District Station 1 in Fox River Grove. The annual blood drive started in 2010 on the 15th anniversary of a tragic collision between a Metra commuter train and a Cary-Grove High School bus stopped at a traffic light partially across the tracks. The deadly crash claimed the lives of seven children aboard.