The third episode of Grey's Anatomy, entitled
"Winning a Battle, Losing the War", saw Katherine's character
"Izzie" tackle the emotive subject of organ donation.
The episode had a poignant personal connection for Katherine.
Her brother Jason was killed in a tragic car accident when she
was 7 and the Heigl family decided to donate his organs so that
others could live.
Katherine and her mother Nancy work closely with the
Coalition on Donation
to raise awareness of organ and tissue donation. In an interview
that was broadcast on ABC affiliate stations around the
screening of the Grey's Anatomy she spoke of the "grace in being
able to save somebody else's life despite the fact that you've
lost somebody you love."
Click here
to download the interview (the file must be unzipped to be
viewed and is in Windows Media Player format.)
