BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —

An honor walk is when staff and family line the hospital halls. They stand silently and respectfully as Kimber Mills is transported to the operating room, where her organs will be harvested. A

18-year-old Kimber Mills should've had a full life in front of her. But early Sunday morning, everything changed. Friends and family gathered at UAB hospital Tuesday for her honor walk. It’s a somber ceremony to acknowledge her selfless act of organ donation. Ann Rayburn with Legacy of Hope, a nonprofit agency supporting organ donation, has had many conversations with families like Kimber's on the worst day of their lives.

Rayburn said, “Help the family understand the legacy that their loved one can leave, and that this is a way to bring a positive out of a terrible situation, a

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