It's safe to say an employee-boss bond goes well beyond the workplace in Whitehall Township! A liquor store manager gave his worker a life-saving gift that few others could. WFMZ's Stephanie Esposito reports. >>REPORTER: Rob Fenstermaker likes helping people...he learned from the best....his boss.
ROB 5:39 He gave me the ultimate gift.
>>REPORTER: It was better than a raise. Rob's boss, Brian DeAngelis gave him his kidney.
BRIAN 08:25 We as a store noticed that he was getting sicker and sicker.
>>REPORTER: Rob's condition was getting worse every day.
ROB :42 my kidney disease which is a hereditary disease polysistic kidneys or PKD.
>>REPORTER: His coworkers were watching him slowly die. So they started talking about how they could help him. BRIAN 08:51 They were talking about donating sick leave and stuff like that and they got into the possibility of a transplant. Two other coworkers were tested and were not a match.
BRIAN 13;27 Never been in a hospital in my life.
>>REPORTER: Until then. BRIAN 09:20 I said if it didn't work for them I'd try and I kept passing all the tests.
ROB 2:14 It was a really touching thing that not just one but multiple people where willing to go through something like that for me. STANDUP: Once it was determined that they were a match, Brian says he never looked back.
BRIAN: 12:55 I got excited for it.
>>REPORTER: In May they had their surgerys. Emotions ran high...but everything went perfectly.
ROB 4:57 We were able to visit each other and we did multiple times a day.
>>REPORTER: Both men are doing well...and say they now have a unique bond. But Brian remains humble.
"I actually thought others were making a bigger deal out of it then they should."
>>REPORTER: But to Rob, it is a very big deal.
"He gave me the gift of life."
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