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Peru teen killed in crash honored for donating organs

Dalton Criss' family walked his body to the operating room Thursday

Peru teen killed in crash honored for donating organs

Dalton Criss' family walked his body to the operating room Thursday

CRISS FAMILY. BUT THEY'RE STAYING STRONG AFTER THE DALTON' DEATH - - BECAUSE A PART OF HIM WILL STILL LIVE ON. <SINGING NATS> FAMILY OF DALTON CRISS -- SAYING GOODBYE -- AS A PART OF HIS BODY GOES TO LIVE ON. <DANIELLE CRISS -- PUTTING ALL OUR HANDS TOGETHER IN ONE -- AND JUST BEING THERE FOR ONE MORE LAST TIME -- ALL TOGETHER -- AS JUST A BIG FAMILY> <LAKITA WASHINGTON CRISS -- AND IT MADE US FEEL GOOD THAT -- AS A FAMILY -- WE CAN DO THAT FOR HIM> CRISS' TWO OLDER SISTERS ARE STRONG -- EVEN IN THE MOMENTS AFTER THEY SENT THEIR BROTHER OFF -- IN A WAY THEY'D NEVER EXPECTED. <LAKITA -- HE TURNED FROM AN HONORABLE KID TO AN HONORABLE MAN -- SO IT MADE SENSE THAT WE DID AN HONOR WALK FOR AN HONORABLE MAN> INSIDE UVM MEDICAL CENTER THURSDAY MORNING -- STAFF LINED THE HALLS AS THE RECENT HIGH SCHOOL GRAD'S FAMILY WALKED HIS BODY FROM THE ICU TO THE OPERATING ROOM. HIS SISTERS SAY DALTON STUDIED UP ON HOW TO BECOME AN ORGAN DONOR AS SOON AS HE POSSIBLY COULD. HIS EYES -- HIS LIVER -- AND THERE'S ALREADY A MATCH FOR HIS HEART. <DANIELLE -- WE HOPE A SMALL PART OF HIM IS GOING TO BE LIVING ON IN SOMEBODY ELSE> DALTON DIED AFTER A CAR CRASH IN PLATTSBURGH ON MONDAY. HIS MOM IS STILL RECOVERING IN THE HOSPITAL. <LAKITA -- WE NEED CONTINUOUS PRAYERS -- DALTON WAS ONLY HALF THE BATTLE -- IT'S STILL A VERY LONG ROAD> A LONG ROAD THEY'RE CONFIDENT THEY'LL GET THROUGH -- BECAUSE OF THEIR FAITH -- <DALTON NAT -- THESE WORDS HOVER OVER ME LIKE A HALO> <LAKITA -- THAT'S REALLY WHAT HOLDS US TOGETHER -- IT'S THE GLUE BECAUSE WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS WE CAN PRAY. AND DALTON IS THE POSTER CHILD FOR WHAT WE EXPECT OUT OF JUST THE CHOIR IN THE BACKGROUND THERE -- IS FROM THE PLATTSBURGH STATE GOSPEL CHOIR. DALTON'S DAD -- WHO YOU SAW IN THE VIDEO -- IS THEIR DIRECTOR. HIS SISTERS TELL ME THEY'RE PLANNING A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL FOR HI
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Peru teen killed in crash honored for donating organs

Dalton Criss' family walked his body to the operating room Thursday

Loved ones of the late Dalton Criss walked his body to an operating room Thursday in a ceremony honoring the young man, who donated his organs.Criss died after a car crash in Plattsburgh on Monday. His mother is still recovering from her injuries."We hope a small part of him is going to be living on in somebody else," Danielle Criss, Dalton's sister, said Thursday.The Honor Walk at the University of Vermont Medical Center is meant for those who are donating their organs. Criss' sisters said he signed up to be a donor at the age of 17. "He turned from a little kid to an honorable man, so it makes sense that we walk for an honorable man," Lakita Washington Criss, the eldest sister, said.There will be a candlelight vigil for Dalton Criss at Peru High School on Wednesday. He graduated this summer and was set to attend SUNY Plattsburgh this fall, where his father is a professor, this fall

Loved ones of the late Dalton Criss walked his body to an operating room Thursday in a ceremony honoring the young man, who donated his organs.

Criss died after a car crash in Plattsburgh on Monday. His mother is still recovering from her injuries.

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"We hope a small part of him is going to be living on in somebody else," Danielle Criss, Dalton's sister, said Thursday.

The Honor Walk at the University of Vermont Medical Center is meant for those who are donating their organs. Criss' sisters said he signed up to be a donor at the age of 17.

"He turned from a little kid to an honorable man, so it makes sense that we walk for an honorable man," Lakita Washington Criss, the eldest sister, said.

There will be a candlelight vigil for Dalton Criss at Peru High School on Wednesday. He graduated this summer and was set to attend SUNY Plattsburgh this fall, where his father is a professor, this fall