Chason, father of three, did not take part in a daring police mission. It all happened by chance, on a family trip to the Jerusalem mall. "Ten years ago, I noticed an Ezer Mizion booth in the mall for joining the Bone Marrow Registry, and I immediately went over and gave my blood sample," Chason related.

"I completely forgot that I joined the Registry, until about a year ago. That's when they called me from Ezer Mizion and told me that there is a woman who is in urgent need of a stem cell transplant - if not, she'll die." Chason did not think twice. Within a short time, he arrived at the Schneider Hospital in Petach Tikvah to save Avrahami's life.

International protocol permits a meeting between stem cell donor and recipient only after the conclusion of a year from the transplant. During the course of that year, it becomes clear if the bone marrow was properly accepted by the recipient's body. That's why it was just last Thursday, about a year and a half after the transplant that the two met, and Avrahami announced that Chason is her "blood brother."

The Goal: To Save Lives
"I had reached a point where treatments couldn't help any more. A transplant was my only chance," Avrahami said emotionally. Ever since the transplant, she mused, she has been dreaming about meeting the donor, whom she called by the imaginary name, "Victory" - a symbol of her longed for victory over the illness.

"For six years I fought a battle of survival against cancer. And now, thanks to Uri, I feel much better. There is definitely something radiant about his character, and I'm happy that we now share the same bone marrow."

"My goal was to save life, and it really made no difference to me who the recipient would be," Chason added. "The encounter was very moving. There is no better feeling than to know that you saved a life. I call upon everyone not to be afraid, and to come join a stem cell registry!"