By Larisa Brown When John Carter died of a brain tumour, his parents found comfort in the knowledge his heart would save someone else’s life. But they had no idea whose ... until an amazing chance encounter five years later brought them together with the man rescued by the transplant. The 19-year-old stranger was giving a reading at a memorial service when John’s mother Freda broke down in tears and said: ‘This person’s got my son’s heart.’ Chance encounter: Freda Carter (left) instinctively recognised Scott Rutherford (right) as the teenager who was given her son John's heart when she heard him speak at a memorial service for organ donors
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Freda Carter's son John, 33, died from a brain tumour in 2008
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His family agreed that John's heart, liver and kidneys would be donated
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They knew his heart had gone to a teenager named Scott, but no more
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Years later they attended a memorial service where Scott was speaking
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Mrs Carter, 66, says she instinctively knew Scott had John's heart
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Nurses arranged a meeting between the family and Scott Rutherford, now 20
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'It was some sort of miracle,' says Scott, who is now an aspiring actor
They sat and listened to Mr Rutherford speak of how his life was saved at 14 when he received a heart from a man named @placeholder.