FORMER SBY REPORTER RECEIVES NEW LEASE ON LIFE

33-YEAR-OLD ALLEN VICKERS HAS FACED KIDNEY FAILURE SINCE MARCH 2021 — CONTINUING DIALYSIS FOR FOUR HOURS OF TREATMENT – THREE DAYS A WEEK – WHILE AWAITING A TRANSPLANT. WE (MATT FORD) WORKED TOGETHER AT OUR FIRST TV STATION IN SALISBURY MARYLAND. ANOTHER FORMER COLLEAGUE – KODY LEIBOWITZ – STEPPED UP AS A DONOR AFTER DISCOVERING HE WAS A MATCH IN LATE 2022.

THE TWO HAVE REMAINED FRIENDS EVEN YEARS AFTER THEIR TIME TOGETHER IN SALISBURY – BONDING OVER THEIR LOVE FOR THE 76ERS. DESPITE LIVING IN DIFFERENT STATES, KODY’S SURGERY WAS IN SACRAMENTO YESTERDAY – AND ALLEN’S WAS IN PHILADELPHIA EARLIER TODAY. ALLEN PLANS TO HONOR THEIR FRIENDSHIP BY CHERISHING HIS NEW KIDNEY AND EMBRACING LIFE’S OPPORTUNITIES, DOCUMENTED IN HIS PODCAST – VITAL CONNECTIONS. AND WE HAVE NO DOUBT THAT NEW KIDNEY WILL HELP ALLEN TO CHEER ON THE 76ERS FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.