Man donates 120 gallons of platelets, helps thousands of people in need

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Over the past 37 years, Marcos Perez has been donating platelets. He started right when he became the legal age to do so.
Born prematurely, Perez says a transfusion saved his life and he wants others to get the help they need.
“If someone was there for me, why can’t I be there for someone else?” he told Fox News.
That someone was his dad’s coworker, Tony Aguilar.
“Back then there was no blood bank,” Perez said. “My dad had to go around and ask his family members, my aunts and uncles, cousins, friends to go donate blood and only one man stepped up to the plate.”
Ashley Frolick, a specialist at South Texas Blood & Tissue Center, said that frequent donors like Perez are vital because “the need for blood never ends.”
“Donors like Marcos that come in regularly make sure we have an adequate blood supply,” Frolick said. “It’s really that dedication that helps patients.”
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