METAIRIE, La. -- Austin Carr laughed and poked fun at himself when he realized he had just done a little celebrity name-dropping about his recent appearance on “Good Morning America.”
But forgive the New Orleans Saints rookie receiver, who suddenly found himself in the national spotlight over the past week after people learned about his remarkable decision to donate his blood stem cells in college to help save a man he had never met who was suffering from lymphoma.
“Meeting him was one of the most special moments of my life. I would say it was one of those moments that I’m going to remember for the rest of my life,” said Carr, who finally got to meet the recipient, Roy Coe, during Super Bowl week in Minneapolis.