By Tony Callaio For Sunday Dispatch
Ben Tielle, Pittston Tomato Festival committee member, displays the t-shirt searching for a kidney donor. Tielle, 52 of Pittston, is in stage 4 kidney disease.
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Jimmy Tigue is shown with his 11-year-old son, Jim, at a show at the Mohegan Sun Arena in the fall of 2019 after his appearance as Jimmy T as Elvis.
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PITTSTON Over the last two years, two Greater Pittston men have been on a quest for the ultimate gift of life a kidney donor to keep them alive.
Pittston’s Ben Tielle, 54 years old, and Dupont’s Jimmy Tighe, 38 years old, are looking for anyone that will step up and help save their lives. According to both men, donating a kidney is not as difficult or as painful as you may think, which might help tip the scale in their favor in receiving a living donation.