After Being Fatally Stabbed, Jogger Katie Suarez Saves 4 Lives Through Organ Donations

Katie SuarezCredit: NYPD

Katie Suarez donated five organs to four recipients ranging in age from 12 to 75

The Brooklyn College graduate was training for the New York City Marathon when she was attacked in October

Former NYPD officer Sayed Mohassib was charged with murder in connection with her death

Katie Suarez, the 28-year-old woman who was fatally stabbed while jogging in Brooklyn last month, has saved four lives with organ donation.

On Sunday, Nov. 8, LiveOnNY — a nonprofit organization that coordinates organ donation in New York City — confirmed that Suarez donated five of her organs to four people on the national waiting list. Three recipients were based in New York while one was based in Florida, with ages ranging from 12 to 75.

The nonprofit says that Suarez — a bank teller and graduate of Brooklyn College — was able to donate her heart, both kidneys, liver and pancreas. She also donated her corneas.

“This is an unimaginable loss for any parent and family. That Katie thought of others in being a registered donor is a powerful testament to her generosity and will ensure that she will live on through these gifts of life,” Leonard Achan, president and CEO of the nonprofit, said in a statement.

Katie SuarezCredit: LinkedIn

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On Friday, Oct. 30, Katie Suarez was running on the Shore Parkway Greenway, a paved waterfront trail in Brooklyn, when “she sustained multiple stab wounds to the neck,” according to a media release from the New York Police Department (NYPD) obtained by PEOPLE.

Suarez, who was training for the New York City Marathon at the time of the attack, was transported to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn in critical condition. Her mother said she was taken off life support and died on Monday, Nov. 2.

On Saturday, Nov. 7, former NYPD officer Sayed Mohassib was arrested and charged with murder in connection with Suarez’s death, according to a statement from the NYPD obtained by PEOPLE.

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