After his tragic passing this week, Robert Bush left behind a gift that gave three people on the New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts donor lists a second chance at life.
The 17 year old rising senior at Newfield High School in Selden tragically passed away after he died after collapsing during conditioning drills in Selden on Monday.
It was believed that he suffered a cardiac event due to an unknown heart condition. His coaches tried to revive him on the scene, but by the time he made it to Stony Brook Hospital he was put on life support and he had no brain function according to a statement made by Steve Bush, his brother, to reporters.
He remained on life support while arrangements were made to donate his organs and his liver and kidneys saved the lives of three people.
“‘Prove them wrong’ was his motto the last couple of years as far as the goals he wanted to achieve,” Steve Bush said to reporters after news broke about his organ donation. “But even after death, we realized that motto still very much applies to him and what he’s done already saved three lives.”
Money raised through a GoFundMe campaign will be used to create a foundation in Robert’s name and to award scholarships, according to Steve Bush.
Visitation will take place on Tuesday evening, Wednesday afternoon and Wednesday evening at Giove Funeral Home in Selden, according to family members. A police procession at 11 a.m. on Thursday will lead to Pinelawn Memorial Park, where Robert will be buried next to his mother, Patricia, who died in 2017 from cancer.
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