Manny Valdes, a Palm Beach resident searching for a matching bone marrow donor to help cure his leukemia, shines a light on why the Hispanic population has a lower chance of finding a match - and what we can do to fix it.

The day after Halloween, Manny Valdes felt pain in his legs that wouldn’t go away. A series of tests showed the presence of a widespread cancer, lighting up his body like a Christmas tree, he said. Oncologist Dr. James Foran from the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville couldn’t believe he was able to function.

Jessica Abo dispels myths about marrow donation and explains the importance of joining Gift of Life Marrow Registry.

Eighty percent of blood cancer patients in need of stem cell or bone marrow transplant are not able to get one, in part because they can’t find a match. But you can help change that and save a life by registering to be a donor. All it takes to get started is a simple cheek swab.

Before last night’s Met game against the Padres, the club – along with The Gift of Life – hosted a reunion of sorts in one of the suites at Citi Field. Stem cell transplant recipient Wendy Wax, met for the first time her donor Ruchail Prupis for the first time in the suites thanks to the Gift of Life. Wax, who resides in New Jersey, suffered from leukemia, but thanks to a transplant facilitated by Gift of Life Marrow Registry, she has rebuilt her life.

It was an emotional moment when, after three years Wendy Wax met her stem cell donor in a suite at Citi Field. "We share things that nobody else could ever share. I'm like her little carbon copy walking around," she told 1010 WINS' Samantha Liebman.