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Jun 11, 2007

"The boundary between ourselves and other people and between ourselves and Nature, is illusion. Oneness is reality." --Charlene Spretnak

FBI Agent A Reluctant Hero

He's an FBI special agent, a father, a crisis hotline volunteer, and -- on Thursday -- he'll donate a kidney to someone he just met. But Tom Simon doesn't want to be called a hero. Simon, 37, says he wanted to make a difference in someone's life and show others that donating an organ isn't difficult to do. He looked on a donor Web site, www.matchingdonors.com, and found Brenda Lagrimas' profile. She was young, wanted to start a family and, like him, was in law enforcement. To Simon, she was the perfect match. "I'd like to draw attention to the fact that this isn't a giant sacrifice in my life," Simon said. "Brenda is going to die if she doesn't get a kidney. I have one to spare. I'm not being a hero. This is social justice."