Good Friday For Chester Szuber, it was the gift of life. The cost, however, was so dear he almost didn't accept it. The youngest of his 6 children an exuberant 22-year-old nursing student had been killed in a car accident and it quickly became clear her heart could be transplanted into his chest. According to an Associated Press story, the family had little time to decide.
Patti's death on a mountain road in Tennessee came while she was on a trip with a friend before her return to nursing school. The car she was riding in went off a curvy road in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The car hit a rock wall, careened back onto the road and rolled several times. The driver was treated for minor injuries and charged with drunken driving. Patti Szuber, his passenger, was airlifted to a ho…