Among the sweetest stories we’ve relayed this year is that of Greta Perske, of Sartell, Minn., and the man who donated bone marrow to her when she was 15.
She grew up and in October she got married. Her donor got a first dance.
She told her story yesterday on Ellen. And so did he.
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins