“I am here because of an organ donor.”
These are the words Sweet Briar College graduate Meredith Haga wrote on the black mortarboard she wore at the College’s 107th commencement on May 14. For her, nothing else could possibly express the emotion of that day. She was about to graduate from college. And she was alive.
The Bristol, Va., native had no idea her cap would be featured in a photo album on the College’s Facebook page. She certainly could not have imagined the viral tidal wave that swept that photo around the U.S.
As of Wednesday morning, the image, captured by Sweet Briar photographer Cassie Foster, had reached more than 1.17 million people. It garnered more than 3,900 likes and had been shared 8,600 times.
