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'I saved someone's life!' Duquesne Football player Ayden Garnes donates bone marrow

Duquesne Football player successfully donates bone marrow
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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A Duquesne University Football player tweeted a thumbs up after becoming a bone marrow donor. 

Garnes found out he was a bone marrow match after the team's annual registration drive last April. 

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Now, he does not know who the recipient is - only that she's a woman in her 20s. 

The procedure happened yesterday in Boston and Garnes told us he feels good, just a little sore. 

He's making his way back to Pittsburgh and he can say he helped save a life. 

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