Marrow donor drive draws young, old, UNC legend

Posted Jul 18, 2015
Parents and their children, law enforcement officers, others in the judicial system and a University of North Carolina basketball legend lined up Friday to proffer a DNA swab and join the bone marrow donor registry, all inspired by the fight of Superior Court Judge Carl Fox. Phil Ford, who played point guard at UNC before a nine-year career in the NBA, was on hand to support his friend Fox. (WRAL.com)

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