A healthy 44-year-old yoga fan in Riverside, California, never knew he would help a renal disease sufferer in Joliet, Illinois, four months later. But Rick Ruzzamenti and Donald Terry, 47, are the start and end of an astonishing 60-person chain of kidney transplants, setting a world record. Mr Ruzzamenti’s kind donation last August began a chain that saw 30 donors give kidneys to 30 strangers who could have died without one. Scroll down for video Amazing: Rick Ruzzamenti, left, and Donald Terry, right, are the start and end of an astonishing 60-person chain of kidney transplants, setting a world record
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Chain began in August with Rick Ruzzamenti, 44, in Riverside, California
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He got idea last year after worker at his yoga centre did same thing
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Ended in December with recipient Donald Terry, 47, in Joliet, Illinois
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Sixty people donated or received kidneys in 17 hospitals in 11 states
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