Image: Facebook/Mayor Shelley BrindleThe principal of a public high school in New Jersey, USA, passed away after being in a month-long coma, following a procedure to donate his bone marrow to an ailing teenager. Dr. Derrick Nelson, the principal of Westfield High School, died on Sunday, April 7, as per NJ.com on April 8. Nelson also served as an officer in the US Army Reserve for more than two decades prior to becoming the school’s principal. ADVERTISEMENTNelson apparently decided to donate his bone marrow to a 14-year-old in France, as per another report by NJ.com on April 9. “My family was devastated to hear the news of the passing of Westfield High School principal Dr. Derrick Nelson,” Brindle said via Facebook yesterday, April 9.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 10, 2019 05:48 UTC